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Géza
Géza () is a Hungarian given name and may refer to any of the following: As regnal or forename * Géza, Grand Prince of the Hungarians * Géza I of Hungary, King of Hungary * Géza II of Hungary, King of Hungary * Géza, son of Géza II of Hungary * Géza Csáth (1887–1919), Hungarian writer, and psychiatrist * Geza de Kaplany (born 1926), Hungarian-American physician and murderer * Géza Maróczy (1870–1951), Hungarian chess grandmaster * Geza Šifliš (1907–1948), Yugoslav football goalkeeper * Géza Steinhardt (1873–1944), Hungarian actor * Géza Vermes (1924–2013), American scholar of religion * Géza von Habsburg (born 1940), Austrian art historian and curator * Geza von Hoffmann (1885–1921), Austrian-Hungarian writer and eugenicist * Géza Wertheim (1910–1979), Luxembourgish athlete * Geza X (born 1952), American music producer As middle name * Benjamin Géza Affleck Benjamin Géza Affleck (born August 15, 1972) is an American actor and filmmaker. List ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Géza I Of Hungary
Géza I (; ; 104025 April 1077) was King of Hungary from 1074 until his death. He was the eldest son of King Béla I of Hungary, Béla I. His baptismal name was Magnus. With German assistance, Géza's cousin Solomon, King of Hungary, Solomon acquired the crown when his father died in 1063, forcing Géza to leave Hungary. Géza returned with Polish reinforcements and signed a treaty with Solomon in early 1064. In the treaty, Géza and his brother Ladislaus I of Hungary, Ladislaus acknowledged the rule of Solomon, who granted them their father's former Duchy (Kingdom of Hungary), duchy, which encompassed one-third of the Kingdom of Hungary. Géza closely cooperated with Solomon, but their relationship became tense from 1071. The king invaded the duchy in February 1074 and defeated Géza in a battle. However, Géza was victorious at the decisive battle of Mogyoród on 14 March 1074. He soon acquired the throne, although Solomon maintained his rule in the regions of Mosonmagyaróvá ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Géza II Of Hungary
Géza II (; ; ; 113031 May 1162) was King of Hungary and Croatia from 1141 to 1162. He was the oldest son of Béla the Blind and his wife, Helena of Serbia. When his father died, Géza was still a child and he started ruling under the guardianship of his mother and her brother, Beloš. A pretender to the throne, Boris Kalamanos, who had already claimed Hungary during Béla the Blind's reign, temporarily captured Pressburg (now Bratislava in Slovakia) with the assistance of German mercenaries in early 1146. In retaliation, Géza who came of age in the same year, invaded Austria and routed Henry Jasomirgott, Margrave of Austria, in the Battle of the Fischa. Although the German–Hungarian relations remained tense, no major confrontations occurred when the German crusaders marched through Hungary in June 1147. Two months later, Louis VII of France and his crusaders arrived, along with Boris Kalamanos who attempted to take advantage of the crusade to return to Hungary. Louis V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Géza, Son Of Géza II Of Hungary
Géza ( 1151 – after 1191) was a Hungarian royal prince and the youngest son of King Géza II of Hungary. He was the younger brother of Stephen III and Béla III of Hungary. Géza was a pretender to the Hungarian throne against Béla III, but he was imprisoned from 1177 to 1189. He traveled to the Holy Land during the Third Crusade with an army of 2,000 Hungarian warriors. Background Prince Géza was born in the early 1150s, the third son of King Géza II of Hungary and his wife, Princess Euphrosyne of Kiev. In near-contemporary German chronicles – for instance, Alberic of Trois-Fontaines – he was also referred to as "Guithardus" or "Gotthard". After his father King Géza II died in 1162, there were several conflicts over the royal succession. Géza's eldest brother was crowned Stephen III of Hungary, but two of their father's brothers briefly seized the throne, reigning as Ladislaus II and Stephen IV of Hungary. Stephen III defeated his uncle in battle in 1163, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Géza, Grand Prince Of The Hungarians
Géza ( 940 – 997), also Gejza, was Grand Prince of the Hungarians from the early 970s. He was the son of Grand Prince Taksony of Hungary, Taksony and his OrientalKhazars, Khazar, Pechenegs, Pecheneg or Volga Bulgarianwife. He married Sarolt, a daughter of an Eastern Orthodox Church, Eastern Orthodox Hungarian chieftain. After ascending the throne, Géza made peace with the Holy Roman Empire. Within Hungary, he consolidated his authority with extreme cruelty, according to the unanimous narration of nearly contemporaneous sources. He was the first Hungarian monarch to support Christian missionaries from Western Europe. Although he was baptised (his baptismal name was Stephen), his Christian faith remained shallow and he continued to perform acts of pagan worship. He was succeeded by his son Stephen I of Hungary, Stephen, who was crowned the first King of Hungary in 1000 or 1001. Early life Géza was the elder son of Taksony of Hungary, Taksony, Grand Prince of the Hungarian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Géza Csáth
Géza Csáth (; born József Brenner; February 13, 1887 – September 11, 1919) was a Hungarian writer, playwright, musician, music critic, psychiatrist, and physician. He was the cousin of Dezső Kosztolányi. Life Géza Csáth (pen name of József Brenner) was a writer, critic, music theoretician and medical doctor. A competent violinist even as a child, he originally wanted to be a painter, but his teachers criticised his drawing, so he turned to writing. He was barely fourteen years old when his first writings on music criticism were published. After grammar school he moved from his native Szabadka (now Subotica in Serbia) to Budapest in order to study medicine. While at college he wrote short sketches and reviews for newspapers and magazines. He was among the first to laud the work of Bartók and Kodály. After earning his degree as a medical doctor in 1909 he worked for a short time as a junior doctor at the Psychiatric and Nerve Clinic (also known as Moravcsik Psychia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Géza Steinhardt
Géza Steinhardt ( né Géza Szekeres; 1873–1944) was a Hungarian stage and film actor, theater director, film producer, screenplay writer, and author. He was a Jewish and known for his comic roles. Steinhardt was murdered in the Holocaust during World War II. Biography Géza Steinhardt was born with the name Géza Szekeres on 1873 in Levice, Austria-Hungary (now Slovakia). Some records have his name at birth as Géza Goldstein. He began his career in 1890 at the ''Folies Caprices'', where he partnered with actor Sándor Rott and he remained for 18 years. In 1908, he opened the Trocadero amusement park () on Rákóczi Avenue, which he operated until 1917. He enlisted as a soldier in 1917, during World War I World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to .... Between Septe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Géza Von Habsburg
Géza Ladislaus Euseb Gerhard Rafael Albert Maria von Habsburg (born 14 November 1940) is a Fabergé expert who has published books and articles on the jewellers Peter Carl Fabergé and Victor Mayer. He is the curator of several major international Fabergé exhibitions. Géza von Habsburg coined the term Fauxbergé. As a member of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine, he holds the abolished but courtesy titles of ''Archduke of Austria, Prince of Hungary and Bohemia'', with the style of '' Imperial and Royal Highness''. Almanach de Gotha (2018), 'Austria', Pages 42-86 Life Géza von Habsburg is the son of Archduke Joseph Francis of Austria (1895–1957) and his wife Princess Anna of Saxony (1903–1976); thus, he is a grandson of King Frederick Augustus III of Saxony and great-great-great-grandson of Emperor Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor. Géza attended universities in Fribourg and Bern, Switzerland; Munich, Germany; and Florence, Italy, before graduating as a Doctor of Phil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Géza Vermes
Géza Vermes, (; 22 June 1924 – 8 May 2013) was a British academic, Biblical scholar, and Judaist of Jewish–Hungarian descent—one who also served as a Roman Catholic priest in his youth—and scholar specialized in the field of the history of religion, particularly ancient Judaism and early Christianity. He is best known for his complete translation of the Dead Sea Scrolls into English; his research focused on the Dead Sea Scrolls and other Ancient Hebrew writings in Aramaic such as the Targumim, and on the life and religion of Jesus. Vermes was one of the most important voices in contemporary Jesus research,Gerd Theissen, Annette Merz (1998), ''The historical Jesus: a comprehensive guide'', Fortress Press (translated from the German 1996 edition). Chapter 1: ''Quest of the historical Jesus'', pp. 1–16. and he has been described as the greatest Jesus scholar of his time. Vermes' written work on Jesus focuses principally on the Jewishness of the historical Jesu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Géza Maróczy
Géza Maróczy (; 3 March 1870 – 29 May 1951) was a Hungarian chess player, one of the leading players in the world in his time. He was one of the inaugural recipients of the Grandmaster (chess), International Grandmaster title from FIDE in 1950. Early career Géza Maróczy was born in Szeged, Hungary on 3 March 1870. He won the "minor" tournament at Hastings 1895 chess tournament, Hastings 1895, and over the next ten years he won several first prizes in international events. Between 1902 and 1908, he took part in thirteen tournaments and won five first prizes and five second prizes. Today the Maróczy Bind (see below) and the Maróczy Gambit bear his name. In 1906 he agreed to terms for a World Chess Championship, World Championship match with Emanuel Lasker, but the arrangements could not be finalised, and the match never took place. Retirement and return After 1908, Maróczy retired from international chess to devote more time to his profession as a clerk. He worked as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geza Šifliš
Geza Šifliš (, ; 25 February 1907 – 18 November 1948) was a Yugoslav football goalkeeper of Hungarian ethnicity. He was part of Yugoslavia's team at the 1928 Summer Olympics. Nicknamed ''Gouliver'' for his height and strength, he played in top league clubs in Yugoslavia and Hungary.Geza Šifliš at Reprezentacija.rs Career Born in Ókeresztúr, (nowadays Srpski Krstur, Serbia), he first appeared playing for ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Géza Wertheim
Géza Wertheim (3 July 1910 – 10 August 1979) was a Luxembourgish tennis player and bobsledder. He made thirty appearances for Luxembourg in the Davis Cup between 1947 and 1957, losing all thirty. He later became President of the Luxembourg Tennis Federation. He also competed for Luxembourg in the two-man bobsleigh at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen Garmisch-Partenkirchen (; ) is an Northern Limestone Alps, Alpine mountain resort, ski town in Bavaria, southern Germany. It is the seat of government of the Garmisch-Partenkirchen (district), district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen (abbreviated ..., where the team of Wertheim and Raoul Weckbecker, finished last of twenty-two. References 1936 bobsleigh two-man results1936 Olympic Winter Games official report.- p. 419. * External links * 1910 births 1979 deaths Bobsledders at the 1936 Winter Olympics Luxembourgian male bobsledders Luxembourgian male tennis players Olympic bobs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benjamin Géza Affleck
Benjamin Géza Affleck (born August 15, 1972) is an American actor and filmmaker. List of awards and nominations received by Ben Affleck, His accolades include two Academy Awards, two BAFTA Awards, and three Golden Globes. Affleck began his career as a child when he starred in the PBS educational series ''The Voyage of the Mimi'' (1984–1988). He later appeared in the independent comedy ''Dazed and Confused (film), Dazed and Confused'' (1993) and several Kevin Smith comedies, including ''Chasing Amy'' (1997). Affleck gained wider recognition when he and Matt Damon won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for writing ''Good Will Hunting'' (1997), which they also starred in. He established himself as a leading man in studio films, including the disaster film ''Armageddon (1998 film), Armageddon'' (1998), the action crime thriller ''Reindeer Games'' (2000), the war drama ''Pearl Harbor (film), Pearl Harbor'' (2001), and the thriller ''The Sum of All Fears (film), The S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
