Stephen II (Hungarian: II. István, Slovak: Štefan II) (1101 – March 1, 1131) was a King of Hungary of the Arpad dynasty from 1116 until his death. He was the son and successor of King Kálmán. His mother was Felicia, a daughter of Roger I of Sicily by his second wife Eremburge of Mortain. Events A second wave of crusaders arrives in the newly established Kingdom of Jerusalem, after being heavily defeated by Kilij Arslan I at Heraclia. ... Jump to: navigation, search March 1 is the 60th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (61st in leap years). ... Jump to: navigation, search Events May 9 - Tintern Abbey is founded. ... This is a list of all rulers of Hungary since Árpád. ... Arpad is the name of: Arpad, a city in ancient Syria. ... Events Baldwin I of Jerusalem undertakes an invasion of Egypt The modern book of separate pages stitched together is invented in China Construction starts on the Chennkesava temple The Aztecs leave Aztlán searching for the site of what will eventually become Tenochtitlán and later Mexico City Births Deaths... Coloman (Hungarian: Könyves Kálmán, Slovak and Croatian: Koloman) (1070 - February 3, 1116) was King of Hungary from 1095 to 1116. ... Roger I (1031-1101), ruler of Sicily, was the youngest son of Tancred of Hauteville. ...

Almost immediately, the young king involved his kingdom in warfare. Soon after his accession in 1116, Stephen went to war with Bohemia and was defeated. In 1123 he intervened in Kievan Rus on behalf of the opposition to Vladimir Monomakh, together with Polish and Bohemian troops. However the siege of the city of Vladimir was broken off prematurely, when his generals threatened to elect a new king unless he called off the campaign - traditionally regarded as the first successful rebellion of Hungarian nobles against the king. In 1124 he succeeded in regaining Dalmatia from the Venetians, but lost it again the next year. Events First Council of the Lateran confirms Concordat of Worms and demands that priests remain celibate End of the reign of Emperor Toba of Japan. ... Kievan Rus′ (Ки́евская Ру́сь, Kievskaya Rus in Russian; Київська Русь, Kyivs’ka Rus’ in Ukrainian) was the early, mostly East Slavic¹ state dominated by the city of Kiev (ru: Ки́ев, Kiev; uk: Ки́їв, Kyiv), from about 880 to the middle of the 12th century. ... Vladimir Monomakh (Russian: Владимир Мономах; Christian name Vasiliy, or Basil) (1053 -- May 19, 1125) was undoubtedly the best loved Velikiy Kniaz of Kievan Rus. ... Bohemians are inhabitants of Bohemia, Czech Republic. ... Population 358,000 (census 2004) Time zone Moscow: UTC+3 Latitude/Longitude 56°09′ N 40°25′ E Vladimir (Влади́мир) is a city in Russia, administrative center of Vladimir Oblast. ... Events March 26 - Henry I of Englands forces defeat Norman rebels at Bourgtheroulde. ... Dalmatia (Croatian Dalmacija, Italian Dalmazia, Serbian Далмација) is a region on the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea, mostly in modern Croatia, spreading between the island of Pag in the northwest and the Bay of Kotor in the southeast. ...

Stephen married twice but was childless, so he appointed his cousin Béla II of Hungary, who had been blinded by Kálmán, as his successor. Béla II of Hungary, The Blind (Hungarian: Vak Béla) (1110-1141) of the Arpad dynasty was King of Hungary from 1131 until his death. ...

He died in 1131 at Oradea (Nagyvárad), and was interred at the cathedral there. Oradea (-Romanian, Hungarian: Nagyvárad, sometimes Várad; German: Großwardein) is a city located in the county of Bihor (BH), in Transylvania, Romania. ...

Sources

• Engel, Pat. Realm of St. Stephen : A History of Medieval Hungary, 2001