Rátót Miklós

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_R%C3%A1t%C3%B3t

Nicholas (I) Rátót
succession	Master of the cupbearers
Okres	1293–1296
poprzednik	James Győr
następca	Mojs Ákos (?)
dzieci	Reynold Putnoki Ladislaus I Putnoki John I Putnoki
Ród	gens Rátót
ojciec	Oliver I
data śmierci	after 1308

Nicholas (I) from the kindred Rátót ("Vecse"; ; died after 1308) was a Hungarian nobleman at the turn of the 13th and 14th centuries, who served as Master of the cupbearers from 1293 to 1296. He was the forefather of the Putnoki noble family.

Life and career

Nicholas I (also known by his nickname "Vecse") was born into the influential and prestigious gens (clan) Rátót, as the son of Oliver I (fl. 1255), himself a son of Dominic I, who was killed in the Battle of Mohi in 1241. Nicholas had two brothers, Reynold III and John, and an unidentified sister, who married powerful baron Reynold Básztély. Nicholas was the ancestor of the Putnoki family through his three sons, Reynold, Ladislaus and John ("the Deaf"). The kinship became extinct by the second half of the 15th century.

Nicholas first appeared in contemporary records in 1275. During the political crisis of 1280, King Ladislaus IV adopted new Cuman laws under the pressure of the Catholic Church. However, many Cumans decided to leave Hungary instead of obeying the papal legate Philip's demands. On their way to the frontier, they ravaged and looted many settlements and estates. Nicholas and his cousins, Roland II, Desiderius and Rathold II successfully defended the Cistercian monastery at Egres (present-day Igriș in Romania). Thereafter Nicholas and several other members of the Rátót clan participated in the royal military campaigns against the Cumans.

Along with the whole kindred, Nicholas was a staunch supporter of Andrew III. For his loyalty, he was made Master of the cupbearers in the summer of 1293. He served in this capacity until at least October 1296.{{#invoke:Footnotes|sfn|template=sfn}} In the latter occasion, he was also referred to as ispán of Szatmár County.{{#invoke:Footnotes|sfn|template=sfn}} Nicholas disappeared from the sources in the upcoming years, his political orientation during the Interregnum is unknown, but his kindred initially supported the claim of Wenceslaus from 1301, then Charles I from 1304. Nicholas was styled as "baron" (and was ranked to the upscale fourth place) in September 1308 by Charles, when the king restored the privileges and rights of the church of Buda.{{#invoke:Footnotes|sfn|template=sfn}}

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