Medieval Glossary

Hadnagy

Hungarian for an elected chieftain of the Magyars. The Latin dux could also be used in reference to the same position.

Related term(s): Chieftain; Dux; Sovereign; Monarch
Category: Government and Law
Added: 11.01.04
Source information: Contamine, Phillippe. War in the Middle Ages. trans. Michael Jones. Oxford: Basil Blackwell Ltd, 1984. 33.

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