Miklós Kásler - Zoltán Szentirmay (szerk.): Identifying the Árpád Dynasty Skeletons Interred in the Matthias Church. Applying data from historical, archaeological, anthropological, radiological, morphological, radiocarbon dating and genetic research (Budapest, 2021)
CHAPTER ELEVEN – SUMMARY
3. List of identified unknown bone samples kept in the Matthias Church Skeleton II/52_3: King Béla II (the Blind), grandfather of Béla III Skeleton II/ 53: Most likely a high-ranking person of Byzantine origin Skeleton 11/54: A person originating from the Middle East, belongs to haplotype Ria, not related to the Árpáds, people belonging to this haplotype populated Northern Poland Skeleton 11/55: A person who came to Hungary with an unknown purpose, possibly sent by the Pope Skeleton 1/3 G5: Not related to the Árpád Dynasty, unknown high-ranking person from the east Skeleton 1/4 H6: A very high-ranking clergyman probably sent by the Pope Female skeleton found in grave 4: Predslava of Kiev, mother of Béla II Fetus of the female skeleton found in grave 4: Child of Prince Álmos of the Árpád Dynasty, and Predslava of Kiev, a sibling of Béla II Supplemental information: The bones found in grave 5 were so fragmented that they were not kept. We also know that Predslava of Kiev’s husband, Prince Álmos of the Árpád Dynasty, was buried in the Royal Basilica: his bones were neglected for ten years before he found his final resting place. If we consider that, according to contemporary burial customs, close relatives are buried next to each other, and put all this knowledge together, we may believe that the 213
