Benedict, son of Korlát

Benedict, son of Korlát
Voivode of Transylvania
Reign	1202–1206 1208–1209
Predecessor	Nicholas I (1st term) Smaragd (2nd term)
Successor	Smaragd (1st term) Michael Kacsics (2nd term)
Spouse(s)	Tota de Fraknó
Died	after 1221

Benedict, son of Korlát (Hungarian: Korlát fia Benedek; died after 1221) was a Hungarian distinguished nobleman, who served as voivode of Transylvania twice, from 1202 to 1206 and 1208 to 1209.^[1][2]

His wife was Tota de Fraknó (or Tota Bajóti), a maid of honor of Queen Constance from Aragon. They had no children.^[3]

Benedict, as a military leader of Andrew II's army, conquered Halychyna and ruled that territory as governor in 1206.^[3] As a result he used the title of dux in the subsequent charters.^[4]

In 1209–1210, he participated in a conspiracy against Andrew II, which was intended to the deposition of the king and replace him with one of the sons of the exiled prince Géza from the Byzantine Empire. The conspiracy failed, when the participants' envoys sent to Byzantium were captured in Spalato. Benedict was sentenced to exile and confiscation of property, according to a charter from 1221, he fled abroad.^[3][4]

References

1. Engel 2001, p. 381.
2. Zsoldos 2011, p. 37.
3. Markó 2006, p. 407.
4. Zsoldos 2011, p. 288.

Sources

• Engel, Pál (2001). The Realm of St Stephen: A History of Medieval Hungary, 895-1526. I.B. Tauris Publishers. ISBN 1-86064-061-3.
• (Hungarian) Markó, László (2006). A magyar állam főméltóságai Szent Istvántól napjainkig – Életrajzi Lexikon ("The High Officers of the Hungarian State from Saint Stephen to the Present Days – A Biographical Encyclopedia") (2nd edition); Helikon Kiadó Kft., Budapest; ISBN 963-547-085-1.
• (Hungarian) Zsoldos, Attila (2011). Magyarország világi archontológiája, 1000–1301 ("Secular Archontology of Hungary, 1000–1301"). História, MTA Történettudományi Intézete. Budapest. ISBN 978-963-9627-38-3