Bela

[bey-luh, bel-uh]

noun

1. a first name.

Example Sentences

An international team led by Hungarian scholars has successfully confirmed that skeletal remains discovered in Budapest belong to Duke Béla, the Ban of Macsó, who descended from both the Árpád and Rurik dynasties.

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Based on the burial context, period sources, and the evidence of trauma on the skeleton, researchers at the time suggested that the remains belonged to Béla Duke of Macsó, a member of the House of Árpád.

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According to 13th-century Austrian chronicles, Duke Béla was assassinated in November 1272 by Ban Henrik "Kőszegi" of the Héder family and his associates.

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Besides King Béla III, Béla of Macsó is the only confirmed member of the House of Árpád whose nearly complete skeleton is still preserved.

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The Scandinavian contribution supports his descent from the Rurik dynasty, while the Eastern Mediterranean component may correspond to his maternal grandmother, Maria Laskarina, a member of the Byzantine imperial family and wife of Béla IV. Y-chromosome results also confirm the historically documented Rurik paternal line.

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