Byzantine–Hungarian War (1071–1072)
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15th-century depiction of the war in Johannes de Thurocz's Chronica Hungarorum | |||||||||
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| Kingdom of Hungary |
Byzantine Empire Pechenegs | ||||||||
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King Solomon Duke Géza Duke Ladislaus (1071 only) Vid Gutkeled Jan |
Duke Niketas (POW) Kazar | ||||||||
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The Byzantine–Hungarian War (1071–1072) was the first of the series of wars between the Byzantine Empire and the Kingdom of Hungary. When Pechenegs crossed the Sava and stormed into Hungary, Solomon, King of Hungary and Duke Géza suspected that the soldiers of the Byzantine garrison at Belgrade incited the marauders against the kingdom. The Hungarians laid siege to Belgrade. In the next year, their army reached as far as Niš, taking advantage of the difficult political situation within the Byzantine Empire. Division of the war-booty caused a new conflict between Solomon and his cousins, Géza and Ladislaus, which made further war against the empire impossible.