Oliver (I) from the kindred Rátót ( hu, Rátót nembeli (I.) Olivér; died after 1272) was a Hungarian nobleman in the 13th century.

Biography

Oliver was born into the prestigious and influential ''gens'' (clan) Rátót, as the son of Dominic I, who was killed in the

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in 1241. Oliver had three brothers, Roland I, Stephen I and Leustach II, and a sister, who married Maurice Pok. Oliver had four children from his unidentified wife: Reynold III, Nicholas "Vecse" – ancestor of the Putnoki family –, John and a daughter, who married powerful baron

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.Engel: ''Genealógia'' (Genus Rátót 1. main branch) Alongside his elder brothers, Oliver was a confidant of

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. He served as treasurer of Queen

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's court from 1262 to 1268, but it is plausible he held the dignity until 1270, Béla's death. Beside that, he was also referred to as ''

ispán The ispánRady 2000, p. 19.''Stephen Werbőczy: The Customary Law of the Renowned Kingdom of Hungary in Three Parts (1517)'', p. 450. or countEngel 2001, p. 40.Curta 2006, p. 355. ( hu, ispán, la, comes or comes parochialis, and sk, župan)Kirs ...

'' of Gerzence (Garešnica) in 1262, a border ispánate which laid in the territory of

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. Despite he supported Béla IV in the

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against his son Duke Stephen, Oliver retained his positions in the royal court, when the latter ascended the Hungarian throne in 1270. Oliver was styled as ''ispán'' of Pilis County in 1272. He lost the office still in that year, and was ousted from politics thereafter, when rivaling baronial groups fought each other for the supreme power during the minority of

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