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| - In 1237, the Friar Julianus returned to the Volga Hungarians. While in OTL he found them eradicated by the Mongols, ITTL he started to convert them to Christianity and tried to recruit them to settle in Hungary. A delegation of them visited Hungary proper and liked the idea of settling there. Thus, king Bela could widen the population base of his country. Since his country wasn't ravaged by the Mongols, this helped him too. In 1243, he conquered Bosnia; and in 1246, he fought Austria, killing the last duke Friedrich II. Vlachia and Moldavia became Hungarian sphere of influence, and many Volga Hungarians settled there. In 1254, Hungary "divided" Styria with young king Venceslaus / Vaclav II. Hungary got the better part, only a few border cities became Austrian. Otakar Przemysl tried to impr
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| - In 1237, the Friar Julianus returned to the Volga Hungarians. While in OTL he found them eradicated by the Mongols, ITTL he started to convert them to Christianity and tried to recruit them to settle in Hungary. A delegation of them visited Hungary proper and liked the idea of settling there. Thus, king Bela could widen the population base of his country. Since his country wasn't ravaged by the Mongols, this helped him too. In 1243, he conquered Bosnia; and in 1246, he fought Austria, killing the last duke Friedrich II. Vlachia and Moldavia became Hungarian sphere of influence, and many Volga Hungarians settled there. In 1254, Hungary "divided" Styria with young king Venceslaus / Vaclav II. Hungary got the better part, only a few border cities became Austrian. Otakar Przemysl tried to improve the situation one year later, waged war against Hungary, but was defeated. In the same year, prince Stephen / Istvan married a princess of the Volga Hungarians. In his last years, Bela had troubles with his son, who'd rebel against him in 1262, and practically got his own kingdom in Eastern Hungary. 1268, Prince Istvan invaded Bulgaria to widen his power base. Only the weakness of Byzantium and the crusader states, the Hungarian threat to Serbia and the fact that Hungary itself is close to be overextended prevented that Bulgaria was even worse off. In 1270, he died.
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