Rodowan

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

Rodowan or 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 (see Radovan).[4]

References

  1. Zsoldos 2011, p. 15.
  2. Markó 2006, p. 249
  3. 3.0 3.1 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

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