Rosta Szabolcs szerk.: Kun-kép - A magyarországi kunok hagyatéka (Kiskunfélegyháza, 2009)

Kovács Szilvia: A kunok és az 109l-es lebunioni csata

KOVÁCS SZILVIA: A KUNOK ÉS AZ 1091-ES LEBUNIONI CSATA Szilvia, Kovács: The Cuman Campaigns in 1091 The Cumans appeared in Eastern-Europe in the second half of the 11

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h century. In my paper first I offer a brief survey of the Cuman attacks against the Byzantine Empire until 1091. In 1091 they fought along the Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Komnénos (1081-1118) against the Pechenegs. In the battle of Lebunion Alexios and his Cuman allies decisively defeated the Pechenegs. The Pechenegs who lived in that time in the Paristrion region, on the Byzantine side of the Danube, were defeated at the battle of Lebunion. In the same year the Cumans attacked the Hungarian Kingdom, too. The objective of this paper is to analyse three questions: 1. Who invited the Cumans into the Byzantine Empire? 2. What was the role of the Cumans in the battle of Lebunion in which the Byzantines gained a great victory over the Pechenegs? 3. Could the Cumans be identical with the nomads who attacked the Hungarian Kingdom in the same year? 287