John Székely de Szentgyörgy (died 18 October 1448) was a Hungarian baron, who served as
ban of Croatia, Dalmatia and Slavonia
Ban of Croatia ( hr, Hrvatski ban) was the title of local rulers or office holders and after 1102, viceroys of Croatia. From the earliest periods of the Croatian state, some provinces were ruled by Ban (title), bans as a ruler's representative ...
between June 1446 and January 1448.
[Engel 1996, p. 21.] He was a brother-in-law of
regent John Hunyadi.
[Markó 2006, p. 463.] His son Thomas Székely was
prior of Vrana
Prior (or prioress) is an ecclesiastical title for a superior in some religious orders. The word is derived from the Latin for "earlier" or "first". Its earlier generic usage referred to any monastic superior. In abbeys, a prior would be low ...
.
[Engel 1996, p. 224.]
His name was first mentioned by historical sources in 1429. He was a familiar of John Hunyadi and served as juror for
Solt in 1429. He functioned as
judge of the Cumans The judge of the Cumans ( hu, kunok bírája or ''kunbíró''; la, iudex Cumanorum) was a short-lived legal office, then an ''ex officio'' title in the Hungarian royal court, existed since the second half of the 13th century. In 1270, the Palatine ...
from 1444 to 1446. After that he was appointed ban and besides that he was also ''gubernator'' of the
Priory of Vrana. He supported his brother-in-law against the
Counts of Celje
The Counts of Celje ( sl, Celjski grofje) or the Counts of Cilli (german: Grafen von Cilli; hu, cillei grófok) were the most influential late medieval noble dynasty on the territory of present-day Slovenia. Risen as vassals of the Habsburg dukes ...
in the civil war, as a result the nobles of
Varaždin and
Zagreb Counties complained against him in the Diet of 1447. John Székely was killed in the
Battle of Kosovo in 1448.
References
Sources
* Engel, Pál (1996). ''Magyarország világi archontológiája, 1301–1457, I.'' ("Secular Archontology of Hungary, 1301–1457, Volume I"). História, MTA Történettudományi Intézete. Budapest. .
* Markó, László (2006). ''A magyar állam főméltóságai Szent Istvántól napjainkig: Életrajzi Lexikon'' ("Great Officers of State in Hungary from King Saint Stephen to Our Days: A Biographical Encyclopedia"). 2nd edition, Helikon Kiadó.
{{DEFAULTSORT:Szekely de Szentgyorgy, John
1448 deaths
Hungarian soldiers
15th-century Hungarian nobility
Bans of Croatia
Hunyadi family
Year of birth unknown