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. 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

• 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 (Hungarian)