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Excerpt from The Hungarian Exiles
HE winter of 1041 was very severe throughout all Europe, and travel was made easier, in one way, by the freezing of the rivers. Therefore Bernard II, Duke of Saxony - a province of the German Empire whose rulers at that time were unusually independent - thought it a good time to travel with his household; and he decided to make a visit to his relatives in Poland, King Casimir and his Saxon mother, Ryxa. He also anticipated much pleasure in meeting that distinguished soldier, Bela, the exiled prince of Hungary, who had married Ryxa's daughter, Gisela, and who, together with his wife and two sons, Geyza aged ten, and Ladislaus, seven, formed part of the royal family at Gnesen. These little princes were not the last to learn of the intended visit; and as the Duke's son, Ordulf. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
