"thus reconciliation was solemnly sworn" between the king and his brother. Álmos left for Passau. Upon his request, Henry V of Germany invaded Hungary and laid siege to Pressburg (Bratislava, Slovakia) in September 1108. At the same time, Duke Svatopluk of Bohemia, who also supported Álmos, made an incursion into the regions north of the Danube. However, Coloman's ally, Boleslaw III invaded Bohemia, forcing the Czech duke to withdraw. Although the emperor's attempt to take Pressburg was also a total failure, he could persuade Coloman to forgive his rebellious brother, who thus return to Hungary. Coloman discovered that Álmos was again conspiring to seize the throne. Having lost his patience, Coloman had Álmos and Álmos's young son, Béla, blinded in order to secure a peaceful succession for his own son. On the same occasion, many of his brother's partisans were likewise mutilated. After this Álmos went on to live in seclusion at the monastery of Dömös. Coloman died in 1116. His son, Stephen was crowned king in Székesfehérvár in the month of his father's death. His peaceful succession proves that the safety measures Coloman had implemented to prevent Álmos from aspiring the throne were effective. Exile According to the Illuminated Chronicle, the blind Álmos, "fearing death at the hands of King Stephen", fled to the Byzantine Empire. Many of his partisans followed him and Emperor John II Komnenos settled them in a town in Macedonia. The Byzantine John Kinnamos confirms that the emperor "regarded" Álmos "favorably and received him with kindness". He adds that king Stephen II "sent his envoys to the emperor and demanded that" Álmos "be expelled from" the Byzantine Empire, but his request was rejected. The sources do not specify the date of Álmos's flee, but it seems to have occurred in about 1125. Historian Ferenc Makk writes that Álmos was forced to flee from Hungary, because he had taken advantage of Stephen's failures in Volhynia and Dalmatia and conspired against Stephen. His departure resulted a war between the two realms, lasting from 1127 to 1129. Álmos died in exile on 1 September 1127. His son Béla the Blind would succeed as king of Hungary in 1131. The duke's remains were returned to Hungary in 1137. Family On August 21, 1104, Álmos married Predslava of Kiev, and had the following children: Adelaide, ( 1107 – 1140), married Sobieslav I of Bohemia in 1123. Béla II, King of