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John Forrói
John Forrói ( hu, Forrói János; died around 1360) was a Hungarian nobleman in the first half of the 14th century, who served as vice-'' ispán'' of Abaúj County in 1342. Background Forrói was born into a noble family, which possessed lands mostly in Abaúj and Bereg counties. His grandfather was Aladar, who acquired the lordship of Forró with its neighboring villages in the 1260s. By the early 14th century, the entire family entered the service of the powerful oligarch Amadeus Aba. Forrói's parents were James (I) and his wife, who later became the spouse of Stephen Zoárd (or Szentandrási, "Stephen the Page"). Forrói had a brother James (II) and a half-sister Kanicsa ("Rose"), the wife of Pócs Piskárkosi.Engel: ''Genealógia'' (Forrói family) Forrói's father James inherited the villages Szentmiklós, Szolyva and Verecke (present-day Chynadiiovo, Svaliava, Nyzhni Vorota and Kolchyno in Ukraine, respectively) from Aladar in 1310. The Forró lordship was also di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forró, Hungary
Forró ( sk, Forov) is a village in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County in northeastern Hungary. , the village had a population of 2,459. A large Bronze Age hoard was discovered at the village in the 19th century. The treasure is now in the collections of the British Museum, London. See also *Zsujta for another Bronze Age hoard from northern Hungary * Paks-Dunaföldvár Dunaföldvár is a town in Tolna County, Hungary. Residents are Hungarians, with minority of Serbs. A Bronze Age gold hoard of jewellery was found between Paks and Dunaföldvár on the banks of the Danube in the nineteenth century. The treasure ... gold hoard from the Bronze Age References Populated places in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County {{Borsod-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
