Mog, Palatine of Hungary
| Mog | |
|---|---|
| Palatine of Hungary | |
| Reign | 1192–1193 1198–1199 1206 |
| Predecessor |
Thomas (1st term) Esau (2nd term) Nicholas (3rd term) |
| Successor |
Esau (1st term) Mika Ják (2nd term) Csépán Győr (3rd term) |
| Died | after 1210 |
Mog, also Moch or Mok (died after 1210) was a powerful Hungarian lord in the Kingdom of Hungary, who served as Palatine of Hungary three times.
His origin and ancestry is uncertain; historians Mór Wertner and Pál Engel assigned him to the Hont-Pázmány clan as the son of Jakó Hont-Pázmány from the Födémes branch, while Attila Zsoldos argued it is also considerable that Palatine Mog was identical with Mog from the gens Csanád whose son Michael is mentioned by a charter in 1237. Mog had a child from his unidentified wife.
Mog was a loyal supporter of Béla III of Hungary. He had pledged to participate in a crusade to the Holy Land, but he had been allowed to defer the fulfillment his vow. He served as Judge royal (Latin: curialis comes) between 1185 and 1186. He was appointed ispán of Nyitra County in 1188. He became Palatine at first even the reign of Béla III, assuredly from 1192 to 1193, however according to non-authentic royal charters he already held the office from 1188 and was also mentioned as Palatine in a false diploma issued in 1194. Beside that high-rank position, Mog also functioned as ispán of Bács County between 1192 and 1193. Thus he was the first known incumbent Palatine who also received an ispánate in addition to the dignity.
His first term as Palatine reflected developments on the functions of the position; the Latin phrase of "comes" worn down permanently from the title of the office, the term "palatinus" gradually changed to noun in the following decades. According to a charter issued by the Diocese of Veszprém in 1192, Palatine Mog functioned as a judge at two land proceedings of Hahold II from the gens Hahót, who accused a certain Paris that he expropriated a portion of Hahold's estate. The second trial was between Hahold and udvornici from Zala County. In both cases Mog ruled in favor of Hahold. This is the first source when a Palatine judged not only due special orders of the King. Thus it is highly probable that an independent palatinal judicial bench was established on a permanent basis during the first term of Mog. The judicial role of special presence was transformed to the position of Judge royal, as a result the Judge royal's economic functions was taken over by the Master of the treasury which dignity was stabilized during that time.
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