Editing Ladislaus I of Hungary (section)

== Early years (before 1064) ==

Ladislaus was the second son of the future King [[Béla I of Hungary]] and his wife, [[Richeza of Poland, Queen of Hungary|Richeza (or Adelaide)]], who was a daughter of King [[Mieszko II Lambert|Mieszko II Lambert of Poland]].{{sfn|Makk|1994|p=394}}{{sfn|Kristó|Makk|1996|pp=78, 107}} Ladislaus and his elder brother, [[Géza I of Hungary|Géza]], were born in [[Poland]], where Béla had settled in the 1030s after being [[Béla I of Hungary#In exile (1031–c. 1048)|banished from Hungary]].{{sfn|Kristó|Makk|1996|p=107}}{{sfn|Bárány|2012|p=338}} Ladislaus was born around 1040.{{sfn|Kristó|Makk|1996|p=107}} Ladislaus's "physical and spiritual makeup testified to God's gracious will even at his birth", according to his late-12th-century ''Legend''.{{sfn|Klaniczay|2002|p=174}} The almost contemporaneous [[Gallus Anonymus]] wrote that Ladislaus was "raised from childhood in Poland" and almost became a "[[Polish people|Pole]] in his ways and life".{{sfn|Bárány|2012|p=338}}<ref name="Gallus_27_97">''The Deeds of the Princes of the Poles'' (ch. 27.), p. 97.</ref> He received a [[Slavic languages|Slavic]] name: "Ladislaus" is derived from "[[Vladislav]]".{{sfn|Kristó|Makk|1996|p=107}}

Béla and his family returned to Hungary around 1048.{{sfn|Kristó|Makk|1996|p=107}} Béla received the so-called "[[Duchy (Kingdom of Hungary)|Duchy]]"{{spaced ndash}}which encompassed one-third of the kingdom{{spaced ndash}}from his brother, King [[Andrew I of Hungary]].{{sfn|Kontler|1999|p=60}}{{sfn|Engel|2001|p=30}}{{sfn|Kristó|Makk|1996|p=79}} The ''[[Illuminated Chronicle]]'' mentions that Andrew's son, [[Solomon of Hungary|Solomon]], "was [[Anointing|anointed]] king with the consent of Duke Bela and his sons Geysa and Ladislaus"<ref>''The Hungarian Illuminated Chronicle'' (ch. 65.92), p. 115.</ref> in 1057 or 1058.{{sfn|Kristó|Makk|1996|p=107}}

Béla, who had been Andrew's heir before Solomon's coronation, left for Poland in 1059; his sons accompanied him.{{sfn|Kristó|Makk|1996|p=107}}{{sfn|Érszegi|Solymosi|1981|p=88}} They returned with Polish reinforcements and began a rebellion against Andrew.{{sfn|Kontler|1999|p=60}}{{sfn|Engel|2001|p=31}} After defeating Andrew, Béla was crowned king on 6 December 1060.{{sfn|Engel|2001|p=31}} Solomon left the country, taking refuge in the [[Holy Roman Empire]].{{sfn|Kontler|1999|p=61}}{{sfn|Robinson|1999|p=53}} Béla I died on 11 September 1063, some time before German troops [[German invasion of Hungary (1063)|entered Hungary]] in order to restore Solomon.{{sfn|Érszegi|Solymosi|1981|p=88}} Ladislaus and his brothers, Géza and [[Lampert of Hungary|Lampert]], went back to Poland, and Solomon was once again crowned king in [[Székesfehérvár]].{{sfn|Kristó|Makk|1996|p=107}}{{sfn|Érszegi|Solymosi|1981|pp=88–89}} The three brothers returned when the Germans left Hungary.{{sfn|Bartl|Čičaj|Kohútova|Letz|2002|pp=26–27}} To avoid another civil war, the brothers signed a treaty with Solomon on 20 January 1064,{{sfn|Bartl|Čičaj|Kohútova|Letz|2002|pp=26–27}}{{sfn|Érszegi|Solymosi|1981|p=89}} acknowledging Solomon's reign in exchange for their father's duchy.{{sfn|Érszegi|Solymosi|1981|p=89}}{{sfn|Bartl|Čičaj|Kohútova|Letz|2002|p=27}}