John of Küküllő (, , ; 1320–1393) was a Hungarian clergyman, royal official and historian.
Family
Born as John Apród of Tótsolymos, John was the son of Miklós Apród, a nobleman who received Tótsolymos (now
Šarišské Sokolovce in
Slovakia
Slovakia, officially the Slovak Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the west, and the Czech Republic to the northwest. Slovakia's m ...
) from
Charles I of Hungary
Charles I, also known as Charles Robert (; ; ; 128816 July 1342), was King of Hungary and Croatia in the union with Hungary, Croatia from 1308 to his death. He was a member of the Capetian House of Anjou and the only son of Charles Martel of A ...
. He was born around 1320.
Career
He worked as a notary for the royal chancery before 1350. He became a canon in the
Arad Chapter and the
Eger Chapter in 1352.
He died between 15 September and 10 December 1393.
Chronicle of King Louis
He wrote a biography of
Louis I of Hungary
Louis I, also Louis the Great (; ; ) or Louis the Hungarian (; 5 March 132610 September 1382), was King of Hungary and Croatia from 1342 and King of Poland from 1370. He was the first child of Charles I of Hungary and his wife, Elizabeth of ...
after 1360. He was the first Hungarian historian to use royal charters while writing his book.
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Hungarian chroniclers
14th-century Hungarian historians