Bogátradvány (''Bogát-Radván, Bogát-Radvány'') was the name of a ''gens'' (Latin for "clan"; ''nemzetség'' in Hungarian) in the
Kingdom of Hungary
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. The powerful
Rákóczi family
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ascended from this genus.
The Cseleji, Monoki, Dobi, Körtvélyessy, Hosszúmezei, Lukács, Morvay, Osvald, Posai, Bekecs and Isépy families also originated from the ''gens'' Bogátradvány.
Origins
Lászlo Makkai, a Hungarian historian, through his work, ''Transylvania in the Medieval Hungarian Kingdom (896-1526)'', mentions the tribes regarding Bogát (''Bugat rex'') as a Gyula of the Magyar tribal confederation. Supporting the writings of
Simon of Kéza
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In 1270–1271, bearing the title "master" (''magister''), Simon was part of a d ...
, that the Bogátradvány Clan, being of Bohemian origins, means that the origin is the Keszi tribe. Simon of Kéza explains the origins of the Bogátradvány Clan are during
Migration Period
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, as the tribe of Keszi settled in the East during the
Hungarian conquests in Europe. The family of Bogát has its origins somewhere in the 300s Eastern Europe within the ruling family of the tribe of Keszi,
one of the seven Magyar tribes.
Notable Members of the Clan
* Bogát (fl. 919-922),
Gyula of the Magyar tribes,
Prince
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*
Radvány (died after 1071), Palatine (1067-1071)
*
Ipoch (died after 1222),
ban of Slavonia
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(1204; 1222),
voivode of Transylvania
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(1216–1217)
*
Albert
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Companies
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(died after 1239), Vice-Palatine (1236–1239)
*
Illés Monoky (born 1217-1277 - c. 1290), founder of the
Monok family
*
Pál Chyz (died 1282), Hungarian Archbishop
*
Miklós Monoky de Monok II (died 1643),
Captain of Ónod (After 1607), Baron of Monok (1625–1643)
*
Miklós Monoky de Monok III (fl. 1625),
Captain of Ónod (After Miklós II), Baron (1625 until death)
References
Sources
* János Karácsonyi: ''A magyar nemzetségek a XIV. század közepéig.'' Budapest: Magyar Tudományos Akadémia. 1900–1901.
* Gyula Kristó (editor): Korai Magyar Történeti Lexikon - 9-14. század ''(Encyclopedia of the Early Hungarian History - 9-14th centuries)''; Akadémiai Kiadó, 1994, Budapest; .
* László Makkai: Transylvania in the Medieval Hungarian Kingdom (896-1526). https://mek.oszk.hu/03400/03407/html/67.html.
* László Makkai: Transylvania in the Medieval Hungarian Kingdom (896-1526). https://mek.oszk.hu/03400/03407/html/66.html.
* Timothy Reuter, The New Cambridge Medieval History: c. 900-c. 1024, Cambridge University Press, 1995, p. 543–545,
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Hungarian nobility