Julius (II) from the kindred Rátót (; died after 1279) was a Hungarian distinguished nobleman from the
''gens'' Rátót as the son of
Baldwin I,
master of the cupbearers
The master of the cupbearers or master of the cup-bearers (, , and ) was one of the high officials of the royal household in the Kingdom of Hungary
The Kingdom of Hungary was a monarchy in Central Europe that existed for nearly a millennium, ...
three times. Julius II married Kunigunda from the
kindred Csák. They had two children, Demetrius and Julius III.
[Markó 2006, p. 290.] The latter's daughter, Chuta was the last member of Baldwin's branch.
Julius II appeared in the contemporary records since 1274.
He served as master of the cupbearers in 1275.
[Zsoldos 2011, p. 61.] He was appointed
judge royal
The judge royal, also justiciar,Rady 2000, p. 49. chief justiceSegeš 2002, p. 202. or Lord Chief JusticeFallenbüchl 1988, p. 145. (,Fallenbüchl 1988, p. 72. ,Zsoldos 2011, p. 26. , ), was the second-highest judge, preceded only by the Palati ...
in 1278, at the beginning of the reign of
Ladislaus IV of Hungary
Ladislaus IV (, , ; 5 August 1262 – 10 July 1290), also known as Ladislaus the Cuman, was King of Hungary and Croatia from 1272 to 1290. His mother, Elizabeth, was the daughter of a chieftain from the pagan Cumans who had settled in Hung ...
. Julius replaced his cousin,
Roland I Rátót
Roland (I) from the kindred Rátót (; died 1277 or 1278) was a Hungarian influential lord, who held several important secular positions for decades. He was also the ancestor of the Paksi family.
Family
Roland I was born around 1215 into the ''g ...
in that position.
[Zsoldos 2011, p. 34.] After that he functioned as
Wildgrave of Bakony in 1279. His predecessor Csák from the kindred Csák was mentioned as "''perpetuus comes de Bokon''" (
perpetual ispán A perpetual count (, )Nemes 1989, p. 81. was a head or an ''ispán'' of a county in the Kingdom of Hungary (“Lord Lieutenant”) whose office was either hereditary or attached to the dignity of a prelate or of a great officer of the realm. The ear ...
) in 1270, thus Julius II might be the court ispán (''curialis comes'') i. e. judge royal (later ''iudex curie'') in 1279 too. However, Julius was the husband of Kunigunda Csák; thus, he also belonged to the Csák clan.
[Zsoldos 2011, p. 129.]
References
Sources
* 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; .
* Zsoldos, Attila (2011). ''Magyarország világi archontológiája, 1000–1301'' ("Secular Archontology of Hungary, 1000–1301"). História, MTA Történettudományi Intézete. Budapest.
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Judges royal
13th-century Hungarian people
Masters of the cupbearers
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