Manoil's War With the Hungarians

In 11 62 king gezar of hungary died and the throne passed to his son, stephen the third. As with other societies whose origins were on the step, the hungarians did not practise strict primogeniture. Instead, the king's other male relatives, particularly his brothers, had a claim to rule. Manoil decided to press their claims in order to install an ally on the throne of hungary. The brothers arrived at the border with a byzantine army behind them,. But they rejected geza's older brother because manuil had married him to his niece, which made him look too much like a roman puppet. They were willing to accept his younger brother,