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The date of
Synadene's marriage is even less certain than the identity of her husband. R. Kerbl suggested the period between 1064 and 1067. He referred to the union as a "private arrangement" between Duke Géza and those Byzantine commanders (including Synadene's uncle, who had not yet become emperor)
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Danubian territories. Géza then possibly ruled south-eastern part of Hungary, on the border of the Byzantine Empire, and had a poor relationship with his cousin,
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s narration, with the queen dowager returning to the
Byzantine Empire by late 1079. The only possible alternative is Géza's brother and successor,
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Synadene's first name is unknown. Her father was the
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