The kende (or kündü) was one of the kings of the dual-monarchy of the early
Magyars, along with the
gyula or war-chief. At the time of the Magyar migration to
Pannonia, the Kende was named Kurszán. Upon Kurszan's death in a raid in approximately 907 CE, the office was taken up by the
gyula Árpád, creating a single-head monarchy for
Hungary. Though there are some scholars (for example Gyula Kristó) who believe that Árpád was the kende, who later took up the functions of the gyula.
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