The kende (o kündü) wis ane o the kyngs o the dewell-monyrchye o the eerli Hungarians alon wi the gyula ou warcheef. The functioun o the kende is beleawt tae hae been a releeigious ane ("sycral prync")[1][2]. A the tym o the Magyar mygraetion tae Pannonia, the kende wis naemt Kurszán. Waen the fowk Kurszán haes died i ae stramash i approxeemaetly 904, the office wis taykn ap bi the gyula Árpád, creetin a singilte-heid monyrchye foe Hungary. Thohe thae aer some schulars (foe exampyll Gyula Kristó) quhoe beliawe tha Árpád wis the kende, quhoe laitr teuk up the functiouns o the gyula.