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Coloman, the King of Galicia: The Problems of Coronation
Coloman, the King of Galicia: The Problems of Coronation

Author(s): Márta Font
Subject(s): Cultural history, Political history, Social history, 13th to 14th Centuries
Published by: Pécsi Tudományegyetem
Keywords: Coronation; Hungarian Kingdom; Principality of Cracow; Principality of Galicia; Papacy and Eastern Europe;

Summary/Abstract: The date and location of Coloman’s coronation is not once mentioned in the known sources, yet, it is undoubted that it happened, even certain circumstances of it are known thanks to four charters: two letters of Andrew II written to Pope Innocent III, a diploma of Honorius III and a donation of the Hungarian sovereign given to Demeter of the Aba genus, one of the officials of the newly crowned Coloman. The last two sources were issued long after the events (in 1222 and 1234), they do not reveal the location or the date, yet, they confirm the fact of the enthronement. The author analyses the information of abovementioned four charters concerning the Coloman’s coronation and also the question about the coronation of Salomea, Coloman’s Polish wife.

  • Issue Year: 2019
  • Issue No: 10
  • Page Range: 81-93
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: English
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