Otto Győr

Otto (Atha) from the kindred Győr (Hungarian: Győr nembeli Ottó or Atha; died after 1066) was a Hungarian noble, who served as palatine (Latin: palatinus) in 1066, during the reign of Solomon, King of Hungary.^[1] He was the ancestor of the gens Győr, which flourished until the 17th century.^[2]

His father was Győr.^[3] Otto functioned as ispán (Latin: comes) of Somogy County in 1061.^[4] During that time he founded the Zselicszentjakab Abbey, a Benedictine monastery at Kaposszentjakab in Somogy County.^[5] The monastery was dedicated to the Apostle Saint James the Great.^[6] The deed of the foundation of the monastery is the first extant charter issued by a nobleman in the Kingdom of Hungary.^[7] Both King Solomon, whom Otto supported, and Duke Géza were, in 1065 or 1066, present at the consecration.^[8]

Otto had no legitimiate son, but took care of his wife and adopted child. However he excluded them from inheritance of the monastery and entrusted the decision to the king. Later, the patron of the Zselicszentjakab Abbey was the Szentgyörgyi family.^[2]

References

Sources

• Berend, Nora; Laszlovszky, József; Szakács, Béla Zsolt (2007). "The kingdom of Hungary". In Berend, Nora. Christianization and the Rise of Christian Monarchy: Scandinavia, Central Europe and Rus', c.900-1200. Cambridge University Press. pp. 319–368. ISBN 978-0-521-87616-2.
• (Hungarian) Csóka, Gáspár (1994). "Zselicszentjakab". In Kristó, Gyula; Engel, Pál; Makk, Ferenc. Korai magyar történeti lexikon (9-14. század) [=Encyclopedia of the Early Hungarian History (9th-14th centuries)]. Akadémiai Kiadó. p. 749. ISBN 963-05-6722-9.
• Engel, Pál (2001). The Realm of St Stephen: A History of Medieval Hungary, 895–1526. I.B. Tauris Publishers. ISBN 1-86064-061-3.
• (Hungarian) 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; ISBN 963-547-085-1.
• (Hungarian) Zsoldos, Attila (2011). Magyarország világi archontológiája, 1000–1301 ("Secular Archontology of Hungary, 1000–1301"). História, MTA Történettudományi Intézete. Budapest. ISBN 978-963-9627-38-3

Further reading

• (Hungarian) Kumorovitz, L. Bernát (1964). "A zselicszentjakabi alapítólevél 1061-ből". In: Tanulmányok Budapest múltjából.