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by Istvan Molnar
The flag of King (Saint) Stephen I King Saint Stephen, the
first king of Hungary reigned between 1000 and 1038. I saw it
also in Nagymaros opposite the Castle of Visegrád.
Istvan Molnar, 7 January 2001
by Istvan Molnar, 24 November 2000
This flag was the flag of the Árpád House, the House of the
first Hungarian kings. It based on a picture on a stamp from
1981. The title is: Flag of the Árpád House in the 11th
century.
The first known member of the Árpáds was Prince Ügyek. His
son, Álmos and Álmos's son Árpád werethe leaders of the
Hungarians at the time of the Hungarian Conquest in the
Carpathian Basin at the end of the 9th century. The Árpáds
reigned in Hungary till 1301.
Istvan Molnar, 24 November 2000
by Istvan Molnar, 1 June 2001
Yesterday I was in the Hungarian Institute & Museum of
Military History and I got 16 picture from Mrs. Csákvári,
Györgyi Kottra counsellor, chief museologist and head of
collection at the Military History Institute and Museum of the
Hungarian Army.
Original comment for the flag
"1 -2. Family and royal banner of the House of Árpád
(reconstruction). The two flags were reconstructed on the basis
of portrayals of the period. They follow the pattern of medieval
banners, the heraldic, rectangular flags. The textile parts
substitute for the escutcheons. The earlier one with the
patriarchal cross appeared during the reign of Béla III. As his
coat-of arms the king had chosen the patriarchal cross of
Byzantine origin, which was placed on the red escutcheon of the
Árpáds. The triple mound under the cross appeared later. The
red-argent striped flag appeared during the reign of Béla's
sons, Imre and Andrá