Paves way to Hngarian Kingdom

Paves way to Hngarian Kingdom
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Stephen takes Koppány's duchy and grants large estates to his own partisans.

He also prescribed that Koppány's former subjects were to pay tithes to the Pannonhalma Archabbey, according to the deed of the foundation of this monastery which has been preserved in a manuscript containing interpolations

Koppány had laid claim to the throne against Géza's devout Christian son, Stephen. His claim was mainly supported by pagan Hungarians, but the royal army routed his army near Veszprém in 997 or 998.

Koppány was killed either in the battle or in his duchy, to which he had fled from the battlefield. His corpse was cut in four pieces to be displayed on the walls of four major strongholds of Hungary, Győr, Veszprém, Esztergom and Gyulafehérvár (now Alba Iulia, Romania).

Veszprém

Lattitude: 47.0929° N
Longitude: 17.9137° E
Region: Russia and Eastern Bloc

Modern Day Hungary

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