Pat Győr

Pat (I) Győr
Palatine of Hungary
Reign	1209–1212
Predecessor	Csépán Győr
Successor	Bánk Bár-Kalán
Died	after 1221
Noble family	gens Győr
Issue Pat II Elizabeth
Father	Stephen I

Pat (I) from the kindred Győr (Hungarian: Győr nembeli (I.) Pat; died after 1221) was a Hungarian influential lord at the turn of the 12th and 13th centuries, who served as Palatine of Hungary from 1209 until 1212.

Pat (also Pot or Poth) was born into the Óvár branch of the gens (clan) Győr of German origin, as one of the five sons of Stephen. His brothers were prelate and chancellor Saul, Bishop of Csanád, then Archbishop of Kalocsa; Maurus, Ban of Primorje, who was the ancestor of the Gyulai and Geszti noble families; Alexander, who participated in King Emeric's Wars in the Balkans; and Csépán, also a powerful baron and Palatine.

Pat had two children from his unidentified wife; his namesake son is mentioned by contemporary records in the period between 1221 and 1233. He had two unidentified daughters, who became the wives of barons Paul Geregye and Stephen Csák, respectively. Pat the Elder also had a daughter Elizabeth, who married Pousa Bár-Kalán.

Pat is first mentioned by contemporary records in 1199, when he served as ispán of Moson County. According to non-authentic charters, he still held the dignity in the years 1201 and 1202, when he was replaced by his sibling Maurus. Both Pat and Csépán were considered loyal supporters of Emeric, whose whole reign was characterized by his struggles against his rebellious younger brother, Duke Andrew. Sometimes after 1199, the Győr brothers founded a Benedictine monastery in their possession seat Lébény, Győr County. There they also built a Romanesque church, dedicated to Apostle James the Greater.

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