David of Hungary (; between 1053 and 1055 – after 1094) was a member of the

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as the second son of

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and

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. David's exact birth date is unknown. His elder brother,

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was born in 1053 and the

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(1055) clarifies that Andrew I has 'sons', thus David perhaps was born between the two dates. During the civil war between his father and Prince Béla, Queen Anastasia took refuge with her two sons in

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, where they resided until 1063, when Béla I died in an accident. David did not participate in the battle for the throne, involving his brother and his cousins,

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and

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, and did not deal with politics. According to historian Mór Wertner, David was a member of the clerical order in 1094. In the same year he donated a large sum of money to the Abbey of Tihany, which had been founded by his father, Andrew I in 1055. Probably he died shortly, as the tone of the charter of donation was formulated as a testament. In 1095, when King Ladislaus I died, according to the contemporary records, only princes Lampert,

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and

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survived the king. David was buried in

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, next to his father.Wertner 1892. p. 135–136.

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* Wertner, Mór: "Dávid herczeg". In: W. M.: ''Az Árpádok családi története'', Nagy-Becskerek, Pleitz Ferencz Pál Könyvnyomdája, 1892, 134–136. 1050s births 1090s deaths House of Árpád 11th-century Hungarian nobility Hungarian princes Hungarian Christian monks Sons of kings {{Hungary-reli-bio-stub