Peter ( hu, Péter) was a Hungarian noble in the late 11th century, who served as Palatine of Hungary around 1091, during the reign of Ladislaus I of Hungary. He was appointed to the position sometime after 1089 or 1090, since his predecessor

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is last mentioned in this capacity from those years. Peter's name appears only in the establishing charter of the

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in 1091. It is possible he is identical with that ''comes'' 'palatinus''?Peter, who – alongside Marcellus – was sent by the ailing Ladislaus to

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in order to negotiate with

Sieciech Sieciech (mid 11th century AD – early 12th century AD) was a medieval Polish magnate and statesman. Biography All information about Sieciech has come down from the chronicler Gallus Anonymus. He was a count palatine at the court of duke Wład ...

, the deputy of Duke

Władysław I Herman Władysław I Herman ( 1044 – 4 June 1102) was the duke of Poland from 1079 until his death. Accession Władysław was the second son of the Polish duke Casimir the Restorer and Maria Dobroniega of Kiev. As the second son, Władysław was not ...

in the summer of 1095. The Hungarian delegation invited the king's exiled nephew

Coloman Coloman, es, Colomán (german: Koloman (also Slovak, Czech, Croatian), it, Colomanno, ca, Colomà; hu, Kálmán) The Germanic origin name Coloman used by Germans since the 9th century. * Coloman, King of Hungary * Coloman of Galicia-Lodomeria ...

back from Poland to become his heir.

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