indicate the level to which a name has been verified.
Gender Masculine
Usage Medieval Slavic (Rare)
Scripts Коцељ(Church Slavic)
Other Forms FormsKoceľ, Kocelj
Meaning & History
Kocel was a Slavic ruler of Lower Pannonia, a polity known in historiography as the Balaton principality. He was an East Frankish vassal titled comes (count), and is believed to have ruled between 861 or 864 and 876.