Chieftain Tétény (Töhötöm) by unknown artist
"Regino also connects Zwentibald's death to Hungarian incursions, reporting, anno 894: 'Zwentibald...whose regnum his sons held unhappily for only a short time after it had been devastated by the Ungari, finished his last day.' Once again Regino telescoped events, the ultimate outcome of which was known to him. The Moravian duke's sons managed to hold on to at least some of their realm until after 900, as we shall see. Nevertheless, Regino clearly drew a connection between Hungarian participation in these Frankish-Bavarian wars against the Moravians, the death of Zwentibald, and the destruction of his regnum. Widukind of Corvey and Liutprand of Cremona, both writing from the vantage point of the mid-tenth century, matter-of-factly made such connections. Widukind wrote that Charlemagne defeated the Avars (quos modo Ungarios vocamus) and constructed a huge wall (ingentum vallum) to keep them out. Arnulf, however, destroyed these defenses because he was angry with Zwentibald, 'rex [sic] Marorum.' Liutprand states that 'they (the Hungarians) were separated from us by defensive positions (interpositiones), called clausae, that were difficult to penetrate.' He blames Arnulf for destroying these munitissimi interpositiones and for calling in the gens Hungariorum to assist him against Zwentibald, dux Maravanorum, whom he could not otherwise have defeated."
-Charles R. Bowlus. Franks, Moravians, and Magyars: The struggle for the Middle Danube
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Charles R. Bowlus. Franks, Moravians, and Magyars: The struggle for the Middle Danube
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