For his coronation, Geza received a crown from Byzantine EmperorMichael VII Dukas which was incorporated with the ancient crown of King Stephen I. Geza's short rule was characterized by general disorder in the kingdom.
The greatest elevations are in the Ttra mountains of the north of Hungary proper, in the east and south of Transylvania (the Transylvanian Alps) and in the eastern portion of the Banat.
The principal salt-mines are in Transylvania at Torda, Parajd, Desakna and Mars-Ujvr; and in Hungary at Szlatina, Rnazsk and Sugatag.
The Orthodox Eastern Church in Hungary is subject to the authority of the metropolitan of Carlowitz and the archbishop of Nagyszebcn (Hermannstadt); under the former arc the bishops of Bflcs, Btida, Temesvr, Versecz and Pakrcz, and under the latter the bishops of Arad and Karflnsebes.
Géza of Hungary (born around 940-945, died in 997) (possibly Gyécsa in Old Hungarian, Gejza in Slovak), was the fejedelem (ruling prince) of the Magyars from c.
Géza was the son of Taksony, ruling prince of the Magyars and his Cuman wife, and was the great-grandson of Árpád, who gave his name to the ruling dynasty.
He turned to the Holy Roman Emperor Otto I, who ordained a Benedictine monk, Bruno of Sankt Gallen, as bishop and sent him to Hungary to baptise Géza (this occurred in 985 according to some sources).
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