Rodowan
Rodowan was a nobleman who served Solomon, [King of Hungary|Solomon], the King of Hungary, as palatine, the highest court title, around 1067.
Career
He was the son of Bogát. He is an ancestor of the Bogát-Radvány family of Bohemia. His name, as well as that of his father, suggests that he was a Slav.Rodowan acted as a testimony in 1067, when Peter Aba founded the Százd Abbey and donated his surrounding lands to the Benedictine monastery. Rodowan participated in the Byzantine–Hungarian War in 1071. He was present at the successful siege of Belgrade. According to the Illuminated Chronicle, Rodowan – alongside Vid Gutkeled and Bishop Franco – was one of those lords who advised Solomon to leave Duke Géza out of dividing the spoils of war, which caused the confrontation between them to deepen. Rodowan died sometime after 1071.
Primary sources
Secondary studies
- Markó, László. A magyar állam főméltóságai Szent Istvántól napjainkig – Életrajzi Lexikon ; Helikon Kiadó Kft., Budapest;
- Zsoldos, Attila. Magyarország világi archontológiája, 1000–1301. História, MTA Történettudományi Intézete. Budapest.
Category:11th-century Hungarian nobility
Category:Bogátradvány
Category:11th-century births
Category:11th-century deaths
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Category:Czech expatriates in Hungary