Lebedias
Sign in to saveLevedi, or Lebed, Levedias, Lebedias, and Lebedi () was a Hungarian chieftain, the first known leader of the Hungarians.
Key facts
- Royalty.title
- First voivode of the Hungarians
- Royalty.name
- Levedi
- Royalty.reign
- early 9th century (?)
- Royalty.predecessor
- Position established
- Royalty.successor
- Álmos (?)
- Royalty.spouse
- Khazar lady
- Royalty.issue
- none
- Royalty.religion
- Paganism
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Occupation
- traditional leader or chief
- Position held
- Grand Prince of the Hungarians
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- Name and title
- In ''De administrando imperio''
- Historic interpretations
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Levedi, or Lebed, Levedias, Lebedias, and Lebedi () was a Hungarian chieftain, the first known leader of the Hungarians.
According to Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus' De administrando imperio, because of the alliance and the courage shown by the Hungarian people in all the wars they fought with the Khazars, Levedi, the "first voivode" ("protos voevodos", ) of the Hungarians, who was also famous for his valor, was given a Khazar noble lady in marriage "so that she might have children by him". However, as it turned out, Levedi did not produce offspring with this lady.