Legendary Vlach ruler of Transylvania around 900 AD
Gelou. Statuary in Gilău, RomaniaFirst page of the lone manuscript preserving the text of the Gesta Hungarorum, the only chronicle which mentions Gelou
Gelou (Romanian: Gelu; Hungarian: Gyalu) was the Vlach ruler of Transylvania at the time of the Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin around 900 AD, according to the Gesta Hungarorum. Although the Gesta Hungarorum, which was written after 1150, does not indicate the enemies of the conquering Hungarians (Magyars) known from earlier annals and chronicles, it refers to local rulers—including Gelou—who are not mentioned in other primary sources. Consequently, historians debate whether Gelou was a historical person or an imaginary figure created by the unidentified author of the Gesta Hungarorum. In Romanian historiography, based on the mention of him by Anonymus some 300 years later, Gelou is considered one of three early-10th-century Romanian dukes with lands in the intra-Carpathian region of present-day Romania.
The Gesta Hungarorum describes pre-conquest Transylvania as a country rich in salt and gold, which was raided by Turkic peoples—"Cumans and Pechenegs"—before the arrival of the Magyars. Archaeological research indicates that a people who cremated their dead inhabited the regions of the Transylvanian salt mines from the seventh to the ninth centuries. Although excavated weapons suggest a military elite, none of the early-medieval Transylvanian fortresses uncovered can be reliably dated before the 10th century. The Gesta Hungarorum states that Gelou's duchy was inhabited by Vlachs and Slavs; most toponyms recorded by the chronicler in connection with Gelou's duchy are of Magyar origin. According to the Gesta Hungarorum, Tétény (or Tuhutum), who was one of seven Magyar chieftains, defeated Gelou's army at the Meseș Gates and Gelou was killed at the Căpuș River as he fled towards his unnamed fortress. Gelou's subjects then yielded to Tuhutum without further resistance.
Gelou (Romanian: Gelu; Hungarian: Gyalu) was the Vlach ruler of Transylvania at the time of the Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin around 900...
invading Magyars' wars against three dukes—Glad, Menumorut and the Vlach Gelou—for Banat, Crișana and Transylvania. The Gesta also listed many peoples—Slavs...
– c. 907) waged wars against three dukes—Glad, Menumorut and the Vlach Gelou—for Banat, Crișana and Transylvania. Gesta Hungarorum also mentions the...
2014. Retrieved 8 December 2019. "O carrossel de Marco Silva na noite que gelou o Dragão" [Marco Silva's merry-go-round on the night he froze the Dragon]...
historians debate whether Gelou, Glad, and Menumorut were a historical person or an imaginary figure created by Anonymus. Gelou (Hungarian: Gyalu, Romanian:...
According to the Gesta Hungarorum, the Vlach (Blacorum, Blacus) leader Gelou ruled part of Transylvania before the Hungarians arrived. Historians debate...
the Czechs", and to Gelou "a certain Vlach" ruling over Transylvania. According to historian Ryszard Grzesik, the reference to Gelou and his Vlachs evidences...
writes that Gelou's story was based on the conquest of Gyula of Transylvania's realm by Stephen I of Hungary in the early 11th century and Gelou was named...
Gelu may refer to: Gelou, 10th-century leader of the Vlachs and Slavs in Transylvania Gelu Barbu (1932–2016), Romanian-born Spanish ballet dancer and...
Romans" when invading the Carpathian Basin around 895. He also wrote of Gelou, "a certain Vlach" ruling Transylvania, a land inhabited by "Vlachs and...
political formations located in the north and northwest of Transylvania, led by Gelou, Glad, and Menumorut were conquered by the Hungarian tribes at the beginning...
Hungarorum during the excavation of the early medieval hillfort at Dăbâca as Gelou's capital city. Wheter archeology supports the Gesta or not is disputed among...
and his family either killed or sold. Li was adopted by the owner of a gelou in Nanjing called Meixiang House (媚香樓), whose surname she took. She was...
conquest of the Carpathian Basin – had defeated Gelou, the Vlach ruler of Transylvania, forcing Gelou's Slav and Vlach subjects to yield to him. Historian...
existed and never ruled over Bihar", but "it was not an invented person". Gelou Glad (duke) Laborec Romania in the Early Middle Ages Róna-Tas 1999, pp. 52–53...
later in the Gesta Hungarorum, to a polity ruled by a Romanian duke named Gelou. The same source also makes mention of the presence of the Székelys in Crişana...
either the Timiș or the Tisza rivers. 890 Menumorut, Glad, and the Vlach Gelou are the rulers of Crișana, Banat, and Transylvania when the Magyars invaded...
Transylvania was inhabited by "Vlachs and Slavs" (blasij et sclaui) and ruled by Gelou, "a certain Vlach" (quidam blacus), while Crișana was inhabited by several...
His separate ducal court was first mentioned in a royal charter of 1340. Gelou Gyula (title) Kingdom of Hungary in the Middle Ages Prince of Transylvania...
conquered Transylvania defeated some local and non-Daco-Roman rulers such as Gelou, Glad and Menumorut. Dacians Getae Roman Dacia Burebista Decebalus Domitian...
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