Editing Stephen I of Hungary (section)

== Family ==
{{See also|Agatha (wife of Edward the Exile)}}
[[File:Commemoration on the Foundation of the Church in Obuda (Chronicon Pictum 042).jpg|thumb|right|alt=King St Stephen and his wife|King Stephen and his wife [[Gisela of Hungary|Gisela of Bavaria]] founding a church at [[Óbuda]] from the ''[[Chronicon Pictum]]'']]
Stephen married [[Gisela of Hungary|Gisela]], a daughter of Duke Henry the Wrangler of Bavaria, who was a nephew of [[Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor]].{{sfn|Engel|2001|p=26}} Gisela's mother was [[Gisela of Burgundy]], a member of the [[Elder House of Welf|Welf dynasty]].{{sfn|Kristó|2001|p=17}}{{sfn|Veszprémy|1994|p=236}} Born around 985, Gisela was younger than her husband, whom she survived.{{sfn|Kristó|2001|p=17}}{{sfn|Veszprémy|1994|p=236}} She left Hungary in 1045 and died as Abbess of the Niedernburg Abbey in [[Passau]] in Bavaria around 1060.{{sfn|Veszprémy|1994|p=237}}

Although the ''Illuminated Chronicle'' states that Stephen "begot many sons",<ref>''The Hungarian Illuminated Chronicle'' (ch. 38.63), p. 104.</ref>{{sfn|Györffy|1994|p=168}} only two of them, Otto and Emeric, are known by name.{{sfn|Kristó|2001|p=23}} Otto, who was named after Otto III, seems to have been born before 1002.{{sfn|Kristó|2001|p=23}} He died as a child.{{sfn|Györffy|1994|p=168}}

[[Saint Emeric of Hungary|Emeric]], who received the name of his maternal uncle, Emperor Henry II, was born around 1007.{{sfn|Kristó|2001|p=23}} His ''Legend'' from the early 12th century describes him as a saintly prince who preserved his [[chastity]] even during his marriage.{{sfn|Györffy|1994|p=168}} According to Györffy, Emeric's wife was a kinswoman of the Byzantine Emperor Basil II.{{sfn|Györffy|1994|p=146}} His premature death led to the series of conflicts leading to Vazul's blinding and civil wars.{{sfn|Cartledge|2011|p=16}}{{sfn|Butler|Cumming|Burns|1998|p=160}}

{{Blockquote|Be obedient to me, my son. You are a child, descendant of rich parents, living among soft pillows, who has been caressed and brought up in all kinds of comforts; you have had a part neither in the troubles of the campaigns nor in the various attacks of the pagans in which almost my whole life has been worn away.|Stephen's ''Admonitions'' to his son, Emeric{{sfn|Kristó|2001|p=28}}}}

The following family tree presents Stephen's ancestors and his relatives who are mentioned in the article.{{sfn|Veszprémy|1994|p=236}}{{sfn|Kristó|Makk|1996|pp=17, Appendices 1–2}}

{{tree chart/start |summary=Stephen I's family}}
{{tree chart |border=1| | | | | | | | | |GYU| | | | | |TAK|v|~|AN2|            GYU=[[Gyula II|Gyula the Elder]]|TAK=Grand Prince [[Taksony of Hungary|Taksony]]|AN2=[[Taksony of Hungary#Family|a "Cuman" lady]]*}}
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{{tree chart |border=1|HEN|v|~|GIA| |GYY| | |SAR|~|v|GÉZ| | | |!| |    HEN=[[Henry II, Duke of Bavaria|Henry of Bavaria]]|GIA=[[Gisela of Burgundy]]|GYY=[[Gyula III|Gyula the Younger]]|SAR=[[Sarolt]]|GÉZ=Grand Prince [[Géza, Grand Prince of the Hungarians|Géza]]}}
{{tree chart|border=1| | | |!| | |,|-|v|-|v|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|^|.| | | | | |!|}}
{{tree chart |border=1| | | |!| |TWO|!|AN1|v|~|OTO| |AN2|~|SAM|!| | TWO=two daughters|AN1=''daughter''|OTO=Doge [[Otto Orseolo]]|AN2=''daughter''|SAM=[[Samuel Aba]]***}}
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{{tree chart | | |GIE|~|v|STE| | |!| | | | | |AN1|v|~|MIC|GIE=[[Gisela of Hungary|Gisela of Bavaria]]|STE='''Stephen I'''|boxstyle_STE=background-color: #d0e5f5|MIC=[[Michael of Hungary]]|AN1=a Bulgarian princess**}}
{{tree chart |border=1| | | | | | |!| | | | |PET| | | | | | | |!| PET=[[Peter, King of Hungary]]}}
{{tree chart | | | |,|-|-|^|-|.| | | | | | | | | | | |VAZ|VAZ=[[Vazul]]}}
{{tree chart |border=1| | |OTT| | |EMR|~|AN3| OTT=Otto |EMR=[[Saint Emeric of Hungary|Emeric]] |AN3=Byzantine princess}}
{{tree chart/end}}
''*A Khazar, Pecheneg or Volga Bulgarian lady.''<br />''**Györffy writes that she may have been a member of the [[First Bulgarian Empire|Bulgarian]] [[Cometopuli dynasty]].''<br />''***Samuel Aba might have been the son of Stephen's sister instead of her husband.''