Peter, King of Hungary

Peter the Venetian
From the Illuminated Chronicle
King of Hungary
Reign	15 August 1038 – September 1041
Coronation	1038, Székesfehérvár
Predecessor	Stephen I
Successor	Samuel
Reign	5 July 1044 – 30 August 1046
Predecessor	Samuel
Successor	Andrew I
Born	1011 Venice
Died	30 August 1046[1] or 1059[1] (aged 35 or 48) Székesfehérvár, Hungary
Burial	Sts. Peter and Paul Cathedral, Pécs
Spouse	According to Cosmas :[1] Judith of Schweinfurt (m. 1055–1058)
House	Orseolo
Father	Otto Orseolo
Mother	Grimelda of Hungary
Religion	Chalcedonian Christianity

Peter Orseolo, or Peter the Venetian (Hungarian: Velencei Péter; 1010 or 1011 – 1046, or late 1050s), was the King of Hungary twice. He first succeeded his uncle, King Stephen I, in 1038. His favoritism towards his foreign courtiers caused an uprising which ended with his 1041 deposition. Peter was restored in 1044 by Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor. He accepted the Emperor's suzerainty during his second reign, which ended in 1046 after a pagan uprising. Hungarian chronicles are unanimous that Peter was executed by order of his successor, Andrew I, but the chronicler Cosmas of Prague's reference to his alleged marriage around 1055 suggests that he may also have survived his second deposition.