Szent Imre

Saint István's deeds were always governed by Christian ethics aimed at leading his people toward God. He outlined his principles in his Admonitions to his son, Prince Imre:
If you wish honor of kingship, be peace-loving. Rule over all without anger, pride, or hatred, but with love, tenderness, humanity. Remember always that each one of us has the same standing: nothing exalts a man but humility, nothing humiliates more than haughtiness and hatred... Peace loving monarchs rule, the rest only tyrannize. Be patient toward all, influential and destitute alike.

Organized into ten separate chapters, the Admonitions make most interesting reading and many parts are still relevant today. Their tone is benign and firm, suggesting István's anxiety to prepare his son thoroughly for the throne.
Then, like lightning from the blue, tragedy struck. While hunting in 1031, the virtuous Prince Imre (Emeric) fell prey to a wild boar's attacks. (Wild boars would again play a fatal role in Hungary's history, as we shall see in a later chapter about Count Miklós; Zrínyi.) Some historians suggest that it was not a wild boar which caused Imre's early death, but assassination by members of the Thonuzoba family, at the instigation of Vazul, the next in line to the throne. (The word thonuzoba means wild boar in the Petcheneg [besenyö] language.)
A contemporary chronicler wrote of Imre's early death: "The whole country mourned him, crying disconsolately." Two generations later, Imre was elevated to sainthood. He is still honored by Hungarian youth as a model of chastity and virtue.

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