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)

Epilogue

EPILOGUE

MIKLÓS KÄSLER,

GÁBOR

NYÁRI

“After him, Béla

the

Blind reigned, the son of Prince Álmos

the

Blind; he avoided many evils and humbly practiced good deeds. He did not seek help from the strength of his arms, he did not place his trust in men, but sought refuge in the Highest Highness, the Lord became his guardian, directed him through his immense mercy, and put the fruit of his loins in his seat. In his hands, the land became strong, his enemies were led to disgrace by the Lord until this day. [...] Béla

the Blind ruled for nine years, eleven months and twelve days. In the Year of the Lord 1141, on the ides (13th) of February, Thursday, he went to the Lord, his body lies at Fehérvár

” - wrote the author of the Chronicon Pictum

of

Béla

II

in the 14th century: this was probably the same Márk

Kálti, who

- as the canon guardian of the Virgin Mary Basilica - could have seen the grave of the King, who had died two centuries earlier.

One of the most important results of the research conducted between 2012 and 2017 is that we may now know for certain what Márk Kálti and

his contemporaries knew back then: the skeleton labelled II/52_3 is indeed the earthly remains of Hungary’s King Béla II.

The participants of the research trust that this discovery will 215