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Personal data Álmos der Mayaren 

• He was born in the year 820.Source 1
• (Geschiedenis) .Source 2

  Álmos (ca. 820 - ca. 895) is de oudst historisch gedocumenteerde aanvoerder van de Magyaren.
  
  Álmos werd voor 860 gekozen tot grootprins van de Maygaren en wordt als zodanig genoemd in Byzantijnse documenten uit die tijd. De Maygaren waren toen onderworpen aan de Khazaren. In 862 hadden de Maygaren zich losgemaakt van de Khazaren en waren naar het westen van de Oekraïne getrokken waar ze een schatting oplegden aan Slavische stammen. In deze tijd vochten Maygaren als huurlingen van Oost-Frankische en Moravische vorsten. In 881 kwamen de Kaberen (een etnisch Turks volk) in opstand tegen de Khazaren en sloten zich bij de Maygaren aan.
  
  In 895 sloten de Maygaren een bondgenootschap met het Byzantijnse Rijk en versloegen samen Simeon I van Bulgarije. Simeon vormde op zijn beurt een bondgenootschap met de Petsjenegen. Hij viel de Maygaren aan en versloeg ze in een grote veldslag bij de Zuidelijke Boeg. De Petsjenegen verdreven de Maygaren vervolgens uit hun woongebied. Álmos werd daarop gedood door de Maygaren zelf, hetzij als een gewone politieke moord, hetzij als een ritueel zoenoffer tegen het onheil wat het volk was overkomen. De Maygaren trokken over de Karpaten naar Pannonië, waar ze de staat Hongarije zouden stichten.
  
  De ouders van Álmos zijn onbekend. De mythen noemen als vader Ügyek en als moeder Emese, die zwanger zou zijn geworden na een droom van de heilige vogel Turul. Álmos was vader van Árpád

• (Levens event) .Source 3

  Álmos (Hungarian pronunciation: [a?lmo?]) (c. 820 – c. 895), the first Grand Prince of the Magyars (after 854 – c. 895). The Gesta Hungarorum ("The Deeds of the Hungarians") records that his father was Ügyek, while the Chronicon Pictum (the "Vienna Illuminated Chronicle") mentions his father as Elod (the son of Ügyek); his mother was Emese.[1]
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  Birth
  
  The medieval chronicle recounts the story of his birth as follows: "his pregnant mother had seen a divine vision in her dream of a Turul bird, as it were flying over her and getting her with child; and a spring seemed to rise from her womb and many great kings originated from her loins, although they would multiply not in their own lands".[2] The legend is often given as an explanation for the name Álmos, which is derived from the Hungarian word for "dream."
  Grand Prince of the Magyars
  
  According to the medieval chronicles, Álmos was proclaimed Grand Prince of the Magyars by the leaders of the Hétmagyar, the confederation of the seven Magyar tribes,[2] but the De Administrando Imperio states that the office was created by the Khagan of the Khazars, and that it was not Álmos, but his son Árpád, who became the first Grand Prince.[2] Modern historians usually follow the tradition that Álmos was the first Grand Prince in the second half of the 850s.[1][2] It is unclear whether Álmos became the kende (spiritual leader) of the confederation or its gyula (military leader.)[1]
  
  At that time, the Magyar tribes were living under Khazar supremacy.[1][3]
  
  Before 862, the seven Magyar tribes, living in the area they called Etelköz, seceded from the Khazars; afterwards, they were exacting tribute from the neighbouring Slavic tribes and they fought occasionally as mercenaries on behalf of King Carloman of Bavaria, King Arnulf I of Germany and King Svatopluk I of Great Moravia.[3] The Hétmagyar confederation was strengthened when three tribes of the Kabars, who had rebelled against the Khazars, joined them before 881.[1]
  
  In the spring of 895, the Magyar tribes attacked the Bulgarian Empire allied with the Byzantine emperor, Leo VI the Wise and defeated Emperor Simeon I of Bulgaria obliging him to conclude peace with the Byzantine Empire.[3] The Emperor Simeon entered into an alliance with the Pechenegs, who were the eastern neighbours of the Hétmagyar, and he made an attack against the Magyar troops.[3] At the Battle of Southern Buh, the Emperor Simeon defeated the Magyar army; and shortly afterwards, the Pechenegs attacked and pillaged their territories.[3] The Magyar tribes were obliged to leave Etelköz and invade the Carpathian Basin where they settled down (Hungarian landtaking).[3]
  
  Álmos' death was probably caused by either assassination or human sacrifice because of the catastrophic defeats during the wars with the Bulgarian Empire and the Pechenegs

• He died in the year 895, he was 75 years old.
• A child of Ügyek der Mayaren and Emese van Dentümoger

Household of Álmos der Mayaren

Child(ren):

1. Árpâd van Hongarije  850-907 

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