Editing Ajtony (section)

=={{anchor|Ajtony in modern historiography}}In modern historiography==
Ajtony's ethnicity is debated.{{sfn|Curta|2001|p=142}} Historian Paul Stephenson described him as a Magyar chieftain;{{sfn|Stephenson|2000|p=65}} according to historian László Makkai, he was of Kabar origin<ref name="Makkai_B_a_W_H"/> and his Turkic name may imply that he was a Pecheneg.{{sfn|Pop|1996|p=139}} According to historian Florin Curta he could be Bulgar, Khazar or Pecheneg.{{sfn|Curta|2001|p=142}} In Romanian historiography, Ajtony has been considered the last member of a "native" dynasty descended from [[Glad (duke)|Glad]],  who is mentioned in the ''[[Gesta Hungarorum]]'' as opposing the invading Hungarians,{{sfn|Curta|2001|p=144}} historian Alexandru Madgearu wrote that the Latin name of Ajtony's seat ''(urbs Morisena)'' preserved a Romanian form.{{sfn|Madgearu|2005|p=143}}

The date of Ajtony's conquest is also uncertain.{{sfn|Curta|2001|p=142}} His close contacts with the Byzantine Empire, including his "Greek rite" baptism in Vidin, show that he ruled after the Byzantine Emperor [[Basil II]] seized Vidin from the Bulgarians in 1002.{{sfn|Stephenson|2000|p=65}}{{sfn|Curta|2001|pp=142–144}} The conflict between Ajtony and King Stephen must have occurred before the king appointed Gerard the first bishop of Csanád in 1030.{{sfn|Curta|2001|p=142}} Alexandru Madgearu, who called Ajtony an ally of [[Samuel of Bulgaria]] rather than Emperor Basil II, wrote that Stephen I's army occupied Ajtony's realm in parallel with Basil II's 1002 conquest of Vidin.{{sfn|Madgearu|2005|p=35}} Makkai placed the conquest of Ajtony's realm in 1008.<ref name="Makkai_B_a_W_H"/> According to Pop, Stephen I decided to invade the Banat after a 1027 Pecheneg raid on the Byzantine Empire and Emperor [[Constantine VIII]]'s death the following year.{{sfn|Pop|1996|pp=137–138}} Pop also writes that Ajtony's former duchy was not fully incorporated into the Kingdom of Hungary until the 13th century because frequent internal conflicts had enabled the Romanians to preserve their idea of a "Romanian country".{{sfn|Pop|1996|p=140}} Curta rejected the ''Long Life'' account of Ajtony altogether, calling it a "family legend" from a 14th-century hagiography.{{sfn|Curta|2001|p=144}}{{sfn|Berend|Urbańczyk|Wiszewski|2013|p=149}}