# Coloman, King of Hungary

> A medieval Hungarian king who was schooled for the priesthood because of his hunchback and near-blindness, then seized the throne anyway and spent two decades dodging his brother's coups - ending the cycle by having the brother and nephew blinded.

*King of Hungary (1095-1116)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/coloman-king-of-hungary

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Historical Figure ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645))
- **Category:** Historical Figures
- **Born:** 1070
- **Died:** 1116-02-03
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Coloman was pushed toward the church as a boy after his father Géza I died in 1077; his uncle Ladislaus I took the throne and groomed the younger, able-bodied brother Álmos as heir. By the early 1090s Coloman had been made a bishop. When Ladislaus named Álmos his successor in 1095, Coloman fled - then returned the moment his uncle died that July and took the crown himself. He gave Álmos a duchy to keep the peace. In 1096 he let the main Crusader armies pass through Hungary but annihilated the bands that pillaged his land. A year later he invaded Croatia, killed its last native king Petar Snačić, and added that crown in 1102. Álmos tried at least five times to overthrow him; Coloman finally seized the duchy around 1107 and had both Álmos and his young son Béla blinded circa 1114. The chronicles written under their descendants call him bloodthirsty; a contemporary called him the most learned king of his age. His legal decrees stood unaltered for over a century.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 54.3 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.0 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 24.1 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100

## Topics
#Politicians, #Politician, #Politics, #Royalty, #Medieval Era

## Sources
- [卡爾曼 (匈牙利)](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8D%A1%E7%88%BE%E6%9B%BC_(%E5%8C%88%E7%89%99%E5%88%A9))
- [Koloman Uczony](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koloman_Uczony)
- [Koloman van Hongarije](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koloman_van_Hongarije)
- [Colomano da Hungria](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colomano_da_Hungria)
- [Кальман I Книжник](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD_I_%D0%9A%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B6%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q83066)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coloman,_King_of_Hungary)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Coloman%2C%20King%20of%20Hungary)
- [Koloman, kralj Ugarske](https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koloman%2C_kralj_Ugarske)
- [Kálmán I d'Hongria](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%A1lm%C3%A1n_I_d'Hongria)
- [Koloman Uherský](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koloman_Uhersk%C3%BD)
- [Koloman (Ungarn)](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koloman_(Ungarn))
- [Κολομάν της Ουγγαρίας](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9A%CE%BF%CE%BB%CE%BF%CE%BC%CE%AC%CE%BD_%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%9F%CF%85%CE%B3%CE%B3%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%AF%CE%B1%CF%82)
- [Coloman, King of Hungary](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coloman%2C_King_of_Hungary)
- [Kolomano (Hungario)](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolomano_(Hungario))
- [Colomán de Hungría](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colom%C3%A1n_de_Hungr%C3%ADa)
- [Koloman Hungariakoa](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koloman_Hungariakoa)
- [کالمان](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86)
- [Kálmán](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%A1lm%C3%A1n)
- [Coloman le Bibliophile](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coloman_le_Bibliophile)
- [קלמן, מלך הונגריה](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A7%D7%9C%D7%9E%D7%9F%2C_%D7%9E%D7%9C%D7%9A_%D7%94%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%92%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%94)
- [Koloman](https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koloman)
- [Kálmán magyar király](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%A1lm%C3%A1n_magyar_kir%C3%A1ly)
- [Kálmán dari Hungaria](https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%A1lm%C3%A1n_dari_Hungaria)
- [Colomanno d'Ungheria](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colomanno_d'Ungheria)
- [カールマーン (ハンガリー王)](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3_(%E3%83%8F%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AC%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E7%8E%8B))
- [칼만 (헝가리)](https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%B9%BC%EB%A7%8C_(%ED%97%9D%EA%B0%80%EB%A6%AC))
- [Kalmanas](https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalmanas)
- [Калман Книжник](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%9A%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B6%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA)
- [Kalman (Macarıstan kralı)](https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalman_(Macar%C4%B1stan_kral%C4%B1))

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