Desiderius Rátót
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Desiderius (I) Rátót | |
|---|---|
| Ispán of Borsod | |
| Reign | 1299–1308 |
| Predecessor | James Borsa (?) |
| Successor | Blaise Fonyi (1325) |
| Died | after 1308 |
| Noble family | gens Rátót |
| Spouse(s) | N Ákos |
| Issue | Benedict Kaplai Ladislaus Feledi Nicholas II |
| Father | Leustach II |
Desiderius (I) from the kindred Rátót (Hungarian: Rátót nembeli (I.) Dezső; died after 1308) was a Hungarian nobleman and soldier, who served as ispán of Borsod and Gömör counties at the turn of the 13th and 14th centuries. He was the ancestor of the Kaplai (or Serkei) and Feledi noble families.
In contemporary records, he was also called Desiderius the Blind (Hungarian: Vak Dezső). He was born into the influential and prestigious gens (clan) Rátót, as the son of magister Leustach II. His grandfather was Dominic I, who was killed in the Battle of Mohi in 1241. Desiderius had a brother Roland II,[1] ancestor of the Jolsvai family and a notable baron of the so-called feudal anarchy, who served as Palatine of Hungary. Desiderius married an unidentified daughter of Stephen Ákos, a powerful oligarch in Northern Hungary, whose another daughter was the wife of Beke Borsa. These marriages established a strong relationship and alliance between the three kindreds.[2]
Desiderius had three sons; Benedict married Margaret Telegdi, and was the first member of the Kaplai (also Serkei) family, which later had divided into two another branches (Lorántfi and Dezsőfi) and flourished until the early 16th century.[3] Desiderius' second son Ladislaus was the ancestor of the Feledi family, which remained a marginal kinship in Gömör County.[4] The third son was Nicholas II, who had a son Ladislaus (born 1361, and died without heirs) and a daughter Elizabeth.[3]