King Béla III of Hungary

Béla III was one of medieval Europe's wealthiest monarchs, raised at the Byzantine court in Constantinople and once heir to its throne before returning to rule Hungary from 1172 to 1196. His is one of the only securely identified royal graves of the Árpád dynasty, undisturbed in the Royal Basilica of Székesfehérvár. His genome anchors the entire genetic reconstruction of Hungary's founding dynasty, whose paternal line reaches back to the Eurasian steppe.

The genome-wide data behind this entry was published in Genome-wide analysis of King Béla III of the Árpád dynasty.

Every Ancestrify Global25 report includes the free Notable Matches lens: your coordinates are compared to every sequenced member of every catalog entry, and the distance to the closest member is reported — a Euclidean distance in the same 25-dimensional space the Distance lens uses. Because this is a single real individual, not a population average, distances naturally run larger than population distances — that is expected, not a poor result. And one thing is never claimed: a small distance means similar ancestry composition, not that King Béla III of Hungary is your ancestor. See how it looks in the live demo or read about the full G25 analysis.

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  Who was King Béla III of Hungary?

  King Béla III of Hungary (1148–1196 CE, Székesfehérvár, Hungary) is one of the Historical figures entries in our Notable Matches catalog, represented by one sequenced ancient genome published in the study "Genome-wide analysis of King Béla III of the Árpád dynasty".

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  What does "matching" King Béla III of Hungary mean?

  Your Global25 coordinates are compared to the entry's sequenced members and the distance to the closest one is reported — a Euclidean distance in the same 25-dimensional reference space the Distance lens uses. A notable entry is one person or one small burial group, not a population average, so distances naturally run larger than population distances.

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  Is King Béla III of Hungary my ancestor?

  No — and no DNA test can show that. A small distance means your genome sits near this individual's in a shared reference space: similar ancestry composition, not descent. Ancestrify never claims a notable individual is your ancestor or relative.

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  How do I see my own distance to King Béla III of Hungary?

  Notable Matches is a free lens on every Ancestrify Global25 report — never sold separately. Order the G25 analysis (29.99 EUR), and your report ranks your coordinates against the full catalog, with a portrait, dossier and map for every entry. The public demo shows the lens with example data.

The catalog holds every published entry across three tiers — browse the full Notable Matches directory. Nearby entries:

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