NOBLEMAN

Béla II of Hungary

1108 - 1141

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Béla the Blind (Hungarian: Vak Béla; Croatian: Bela Slijepi; Slovak: Belo Slepý; c. 1109 – 13 February 1141) was King of Hungary and Croatia from 1131 to 1141. He was blinded along with his rebellious father Álmos on the order of Álmos's brother, King Coloman of Hungary. Béla grew up in monasteries during the reign of Coloman's son Stephen II. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Béla II of Hungary has received more than 235,773 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Béla II of Hungary is the 128th most popular nobleman (up from 177th in 2019), the 70th most popular biography from Hungary (up from 75th in 2019) and the most popular Hungarian Nobleman.

Béla II of Hungary was most famous for his military conquests. He conquered the Carpathian Basin, which had been under the rule of the Byzantine Empire, and he also conquered Croatia, Serbia, and Bulgaria.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 42

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.15

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.89

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Béla II of Hungary ranks 128 out of 1,415. Before him are Élisabeth Charlotte d'Orléans, Queen Fabiola of Belgium, Sophia Dorothea of Hanover, Sigurd Snake-in-the-Eye, Giovanni Borgia, 2nd Duke of Gandia, and Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia. After him are Harald II of Denmark, Robert the Strong, Marie Joséphine of Savoy, Leopold III, Duke of Austria, Giovanni di Bicci de' Medici, and Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1108, Béla II of Hungary ranks 1. After him are Henry X, Duke of Bavaria, Bohemond II of Antioch, Leopold, Duke of Bavaria, Baldwin IV, Count of Hainaut, Matilda of Carinthia, and Andronikos Komnenos. Among people deceased in 1141, Béla II of Hungary ranks 3. Before him are Hugh of Saint Victor, and Judah Halevi. After him are Leopold, Duke of Bavaria, Richenza of Northeim, Engelbert, Duke of Carinthia, and Margaret of L'Aigle.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Béla II of Hungary ranks 70 out of 1,077. Before him are László Sólyom (1942), Karl Mannheim (1893), Andrew I of Hungary (1010), Elizabeth of Bosnia (1340), Ferenc Molnár (1878), and Géza II of Hungary (1130). After him are Albert Szent-Györgyi (1893), Katalin Karikó (1955), Solomon, King of Hungary (1053), Marie Henriette of Austria (1836), Nándor Hidegkuti (1922), and Sándor Ferenczi (1873).

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Among NOBLEMEN In Hungary

Among noblemen born in Hungary, Béla II of Hungary ranks 1. After him are Edgar Ætheling (1051), Archduchess Margarethe Klementine of Austria (1870), Archduchess Maria Dorothea of Austria (1867), and Otto Ferdinand von Abensperg und Traun (1677).

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