Rodowan

Rodowan
Palatine of Hungary
Reign 1067–1071
Predecessor Otto Győr
Successor Julius
Father Bogát
Died after 1070

Rodowan (Latin: Rodoan, Hungarian: Radvány; fl. 1067—died after 1071) was a nobleman who served Solomon, the King of Hungary, as palatine (Latin: palatinus comes), the highest court title, around 1067.[1] He died after 1070.[2] He was the son of Bogát (Bagath).[3] He is an ancestor of the Bogát-Radvány family of Bohemia.[3] His name, as well as that of his father, suggests that he was a Slav.[4]

References

  1. Zsoldos 2011, p. 15.
  2. Markó 2006, p. 249
  3. 1 2 Monique Bourin (2010). Anthroponymie et migrations dans la chrétienté médiévale. Casa de Velázquez. pp. 255–. ISBN 978-84-96820-33-3. Le lignage Rodoan et Bagath (Bogát-Radvány), de Boemia n'est que brièvement mentionné. On sait que Radvány, fils de Bogát était comes palatinus en 1067 et 1071 ; peut-être était-il l'ancêtre du lignage43. Les noms Volfart, Pongrác, ...
  4. A. H. Kuipers (1975). Archivum Eurasiae Medii Aevi. Peter de Ridder Press. comte palatin Rodowan [...] comme étranger en partant uniquement de son nom slave

Sources

Political offices
Preceded by
Otto Győr
Palatine of Hungary
1067–1071
Succeeded by
Julius
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