Robert, Archbishop of Esztergom

Robert
Archbishop of Esztergom
Robert crowned Béla IV in 1235
Installed	1226
Term ended	1239
Predecessor	Thomas
Successor	Matthias Rátót
Other posts	Bishop of Veszprém
Personal details
Died	1 November 1239
Nationality	Hungarian
Denomination	Roman Catholic

Robert (Hungarian: Róbert; died 1 November 1239) was a prelate in the Kingdom of Hungary in the first decades of the 13th centuries. He was Archbishop of Esztergom between 1226 and 1239 and Bishop of Veszprém from 1209 till 1226.^[1] He was sharply opposed to the employment of Jews and Muslims in the administration of the royal revenues.^[2] He even put Hungary under interdict to force Andrew II of Hungary to dismiss his non-Christian officials.^[3]

References

1. Zsoldos 2011, p. 348.
2. Berend 2006, pp. 155-157.
3. Engel 2001, p. 96.

Sources

• Berend, Nora (2006). At the Gate of Christendom: Jews, Muslims and "Pagans" in Medieval Hungary, c. 1000-c.1300. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-02720-5.
• Engel, Pál (2001). The Realm of St Stephen: A History of Medieval Hungary, 895–1526. I.B. Tauris Publishers. ISBN 1-86064-061-3.
• 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.