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, 9001204. 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. 
Political offices
Preceded by
(?) Ampud
Ban of Slavonia
1181–1184
Succeeded by
Kalán Bár-Kalán
Preceded by
Farkas Gatal
Palatine of Hungary
1184
Succeeded by
Thomas


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