Oliver (I) from the kindred Rátót (; 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
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, who was killed in the
Battle of Mohi
The Battle of Mohi (11 April 1241) was a pivotal conflict between the Mongol Empire and the Kingdom of Hungary during the Mongol invasion of Europe. The battle took place at Muhi (then Mohi), a town located in present-day Hungary, southwest of ...
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
Reynold Básztély.
[Engel: ''Genealógia'' (Genus Rátót 1. main branch)]
Alongside his elder brothers, Oliver was a confidant of
Béla IV of Hungary
Béla IV (1206 – 3 May 1270) was King of Hungary and King of Croatia, Croatia between 1235 and 1270, and Duke of Styria from 1254 to 1258. As the oldest son of Andrew II of Hungary, King Andrew II, he was crowned upon the initiative of a group ...
. He served as treasurer of Queen
Maria Laskarina
Maria Laskarina (, , 1206 – 24 June or 16 July 1270) was a Greek Queen consort of Hungary by marriage to King Béla IV of Hungary. She was the daughter of Theodore I Laskaris and Anna Komnena Angelina.
Life
She was a younger sister of Irene ...
'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
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'' of
Gerzence (Garešnica) in 1262, a border ispánate which laid in the territory of
Križevci County. Despite he supported Béla IV in the
civil war
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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
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 ...
.
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13th-century Hungarian people
Oliver