Ivaniš Horvat
John Horvat (; ; died 15 August 1394) was a Croatian nobility, Croato–Hungarian nobility, Hungarian nobleman in the Kingdom of Hungary-Croatia in personal union with Hungary, Croatia who served as Ban of Macsó from 1376 to 1381, and again between 1385 and 1386. Horvat was the brother of Ladislaus Horvat, Ladislaus and Paul Horvat (bishop), Paul, Bishop of Zagreb, and nephew of John of Palisna. Together with his uncle, Horvat led the uprising against Mary, Queen of Hungary, Queen Mary and her mother and regent, Elizabeth of Bosnia. He assisted King Charles III of Naples in deposing Mary and assuming the Hungarian crown in late 1385. Queen Elizabeth soon had Charles murdered. In 1386, Horvat and his uncle captured the queens in Gorjani, Croatia, Gorjani and imprisoned them. Elizabeth was strangled on the orders of Horvat's uncle, while Mary was eventually released by her husband, Sigismund of Luxembourg, who had recently been crowned king of Hungary. Horvat's ally was Elizabeth' ...
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