1. Vazul, or Vaszoly, was a member of the House of Arpad, a grandson of Taksony, Grand Prince of the Hungarians.
11 Facts About Vazul
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Vazul is the forefather of nearly all Kings of Hungary who reigned after 1046.
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Vazul was a son of Michael, who was the younger son of Grand Prince Taksony.
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Gyorffy writes that Vazul was still a child around 997.
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Vazul's name derived from the Greek Basileios which implies that he was baptized according to Byzantine rite.
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Gyorffy says that Vazul "apparently" held the "Nyitra ducate", because chronicles do not make mention of other settlements in connection with his life.
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Sebus had Vazul's eyes put out and molten lead poured into his ears; he then fled to Bohemia.
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When Vazul was at length brought back by the King's messenger, the King wept bitterly at his fate.
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Likewise the Illuminated Chronicle writes that Vazul's wife was a member of the Tatony clan, but his marriage lacked legitimacy.
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Gyorffy and Gerics claimed that the name Tatun, wife of Vazul, is the misspelling of Khatun, which was a royal title among people of Turkish origins from Manchuria to Bulgaria.
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Gerics claimed that Vazul and Tatun were still pagan at the time of their marriage, and that is the reason that the Hungarian chronicles declared that Andrew, Bela, and Levente, the sons of Duke Vazul, were not born of a true marriage-bed.