Raphael or Raphain ( hu, Rafael or Rafain; died after 1217) was a Hungarian distinguished nobleman, who served as
voivode of Transylvania
The Voivode of Transylvania (german: Vojwode von Siebenbürgen;Fallenbüchl 1988, p. 77. hu, erdélyi vajda;Zsoldos 2011, p. 36. la, voivoda Transsylvaniae; ro, voievodul Transilvaniei) was the highest-ranking official in Transylvania wit ...
in 1217, during the reign of
Andrew II of Hungary
Andrew II ( hu, II. András, hr, Andrija II., sk, Ondrej II., uk, Андрій II; 117721 September 1235), also known as Andrew of Jerusalem, was King of Hungary and Croatia between 1205 and 1235. He ruled the Principality of Halych from 1188 ...
.
[Zsoldos 2011, p. 37.][Engel 2001, p. 381.][Markó 2006, p. 417.] He might have been also in office in 1218.
[Treptow, Popa 1996, p. ''lvi''.]
According to László Markó, he was originated from the
''gens'' Szalók.
Before his voivodeship, Raphael served 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 ...
(''comes'') of
Küküllő County in 1214.
[Zsoldos 2011, p. 167.]
References
Sources
* Engel, Pál (2001). ''The Realm of St Stephen: A History of Medieval Hungary, 895-1526''. I.B. Tauris Publishers. .
* Markó, László (2006). ''A magyar állam főméltóságai Szent Istvántól napjainkig – Életrajzi Lexikon'' ("The High Officers of the Hungarian State from Saint Stephen to the Present Days – A Biographical Encyclopedia") (2nd edition); Helikon Kiadó Kft., Budapest; .
* Treptow, Kurt W. & Popa, Marcel (1996). ''Historical Dictionary of Romania''. Scarecrow Press, Inc. .
* Zsoldos, Attila (2011). ''Magyarország világi archontológiája, 1000–1301'' ("Secular Archontology of Hungary, 1000–1301"). História, MTA Történettudományi Intézete. Budapest.
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Medieval Transylvanian people
13th-century Hungarian people