• Born: Abt 1130, Tolna, Hungary
• Married: 1146
• Died: 3 May 1162
• Buried: Székesfehérvár, Hungary

  Research Notes:

The Chronicon Dubnicense names "Geysam, Ladizlaum, Stephanum et Almus" as the four sons of "Bela cecus". The Annales Gradicenses record the death in 1141 of "Bela rex Ungarorum" and the accession of his son.

He succeeded his father in 1141 as GÉZA II King of Hungary, under the regency from 1142 of his maternal uncle Beloš of Serbia during which time Hungarian ties with Serbia were strengthened. "Geica rex Ungariæ" restored "abbatiæ montis Pannoniæ", founded by "Sancti regis Stephani" and withdrawn by "rege Colomano et filio suo rege Stephano", by charter dated 1142, subscribed by "Belus dux, Calanus comes, Gereon comes, Paulus, Vamoldus comes, Cadas comes". The Chronicon Posoniense records that "Geyza rex" invaded "Theotonicorum terram" in 1145 and expelled "Herzog", whose army fled. The person to whom "Herzog" refers has not yet been identified. "Geisa secundus secundi Belæ regis filius" confirmed the possessions of the church of Buda by charter dated 1148 in the presence of "Ioanus comitis, Appa comitis, Zaith [Zasit] comitis, Gabrielis dapiferi, Caiphæ magistri pincernarum, Bogislai regiæ cameræ presidentis". Hungarian troops assisted Géza's maternal uncle Uroš II Grand Župan of Serbia in his defence against Byzantium, but the Byzantines won a decisive victory on the River Tara in 1150. The following year, Emperor Manuel Komnenos declared war on Hungary, besieged Zemun but withdrew without occupying Hungarian territory. Peace was negotiated with Emperor Manuel in 1156. During the reign of Géza II, large-scale German colonisation took place in Transylvania.

The necrology of Salzburg St Rudpert records the death "II Kal Jun" of "Geutse Ungarorum rex". The Chronicon Posoniense records the death in 1162 of "Geyza rex". The Chronicon Dubnicense records the death "Kal Jun" in 1161 of "Geysa" and his burial "Albe". The Gesta Hungarorum records that King Géza reigned for twenty years and was buried at Székesfehérvár. ¹