Denis, Palatine of Hungary

Denis
Palatine of Hungary
Reign	1184
Predecessor	Farkas Gatal
Successor	Thomas
Born	?
Died	between 1186 and 1192

Denis (Hungarian: Dénes, Greek: Διονύσιος/Dionysios) was an influential lord in the Kingdom of Hungary in the second half of the 12th century.^[1] He was Palatine of Hungary in 1184, Ban of Slavonia between 1181 and 1183, Ban of Dalmatia in 1183, and ispán of at least three counties.^[2] He was a commander of the Hungarian army fighting against the Byzantine Empire in the reign of Stephen III of Hungary.^[3]

References

1. Markó 2006, p. 213.
2. Zsoldos 2011, p. 295.
3. Stephenson 2000, pp. 259-261.

Sources

• Markó, László (2006). A magyar állam főméltóságai Szent Istvántól napjainkig: Életrajzi Lexikon [Great Officers of State in Hungary from King Saint Stephen to Our Days: A Biographical Encyclopedia] (in Hungarian). Helikon Kiadó. ISBN 963-547-085-1.
• Stephenson, Paul (2000). Byzantium's Balkan Frontier: A Political Study of the Northern Balkans, 900–1204. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-02756-4.
• Zsoldos, Attila (2011). Magyarország világi archontológiája, 1000–1301 [Secular Archontology of Hungary, 1000–1301] (in Hungarian). História, MTA Történettudományi Intézete. ISBN 978-963-9627-38-3.