# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/emeric-king-of-hungary
# Generated: 2026-08-31T21:52:10.633Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/emeric-king-of-hungary"
name: "Emeric, King of Hungary"
slug: "emeric-king-of-hungary"
description: "A medieval king who spent half his reign fighting his own brother for control of the throne, then watched crusaders he couldn't stop sack one of his own cities on their way to Constantinople."
tagline: "Hungarian king (1174-1204)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Imre_kir%C3%A1ly.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645"
birthDate: "1174-09-30"
deathDate: "1204-11-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  popularity:           53.61
  momentum:             1.346499102333932
  historical:           22.55807066666667
  currentAttention:     7.480550568521843
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "إمريك ملك المجر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Emeric was crowned co-king by his father Béla III in 1184 and took full power in 1196, but his brother Andrew immediately rebelled, forcing Emeric to cede him Croatia and Dalmatia just to end the civil war. He aligned with Rome against the Bosnian Church, expanded his grip over Serbia during its own internal chaos, and became the first Hungarian king to claim the title King of Serbia and use the Árpád stripes as a personal emblem. In 1202 he stood by while Venetian forces and Fourth Crusade soldiers seized his coastal city of Zadar, and he couldn't check Bulgaria's encroachment on his southern border. He died at thirty, having crowned his four-year-old son Ladislaus III shortly before the end.