John II Ernuszt
John (II) Ernuszt | |
|---|---|
Ban of Croatia, Dalmatia and Slavonia | |
| Reign | 1508–1510 |
| Predecessor | Andrew Both Marko Mišljenović |
| Successor | Andrew Both |
| Born | c. 1465 |
| Died | after 20 November 1528 |
| Noble family | House of Ernuszt |
| Spouse(s) | 1, Anna Pálóci 2, Margaret of Sagan 3, Barbara Ország |
| Issue | Francis John III Farkas Caspar |
| Father | John I Ernuszt |
| Mother | Catherine N |
John Ernuszt de Csáktornya, Jr. (
Family
He was born around 1465
John II married three times during his lifetime. His first wife was Anna Pálóci, the only daughter of Emeric Pálóci and Dorothy Rozgonyi. Anna died in 1494, when John II was around thirty years old.[2] Following that (around 1500) he married Princess Margaret of Sagan (Żagań), daughter of Jan II the Mad and widow of Nicholas Bánffy de Alsólendva. Their marriage produced two sons, Francis, who was killed in the Battle of Mohács in 1526, and John III.[3] John Ernuszt also adopted his wife's children from her first marriage; John Bánffy, Palatine of Hungary, author Katalin Bánffy, Petronella Bánffy and Margaret Bánffy. He governed the Verőce branch of the Bánffy family's estates on behalf of his minor stepson. John II became a widower for the second time between around 1507 and 1513.[4] Towards the end of his life, he married Barbara Ország, daughter of the late Ladislaus Ország and Magdalene Maróti. Her first husband was George Drágfi.[5] They had two sons: Farkas and Caspar, who was the last male member of the Ernuszt family.[6]
Career
He first appeared in contemporary records in 1470, still a minor.
Sigismund and John made several attempts to regain the estates that Matthias Corvinus had confiscated from their father in the early 1470s. They persuaded the late King's illegitimate son, John Corvinus to give them their father's former copper mines at Besztercebánya (now Banská Bystrica in Slovakia) in 1494.[9] Before long, they leased the mines to John and George Thurzó for 10 years. They also regained Szklabonya (Sklabiná in Slovakia) from Anton Poki, a retainer of John Corvinus. The Ernuszt brothers who held more than 3,500 peasant households were among the wealthiest landowners in Hungary in 1494.[9]
John Ernuszt was appointed
His brother, Bishop Sigismund was murdered in summer 1505. His three retainers (John Gyulai, Louis Szerecsen and Albert Cupi) strangled him to seize his wealth.[12] Sigismund's legal heir was his younger brother, John according to his last will to avoid full confiscation for the royal treasury.[13] John Ernuszt brought charges against the assassins in spring 1506, also accusing them of misappropriation of the Ernuszt property. However they were never sentenced. During the investigation which followed the murder, 300,000 gold florins were found and confiscated for the royal treasury.[14] As a compensation, John Ernuszt was appointed Ban of Croatia, Dalmatia and Slavonia in January 1508.[15] He rented out the royal copper mines to the Thurzó–Fugger company for three years in exchange for 20 gold florins annually.[7]
In 1514, John initiated a second lawsuit against the three retainers before Archbishop
For the war against the Ottoman Empire, John sent his troops to the royal army of
References
- ^ a b Fedeles 2010, p. 106.
- ^ Engel: Genealógia (Pányoki kinship 1. Pálóci branch)
- ^ a b Wehli 2012, p. 150.
- ^ Kubinyi 2001, p. 322.
- ^ Engel: Genealógia (Genus Gutkeled 6. Ország de Gút branch)
- ^ Kubinyi 2001, p. 327.
- ^ a b c d Markó 2006, p. 447.
- ^ C. Tóth et al. 2016, p. 111.
- ^ a b Fedeles 2010, p. 116.
- ^ C. Tóth et al. 2016, p. 119.
- ^ a b Kubinyi 2001, p. 319.
- ^ Fedeles 2010, p. 117.
- ^ a b c Kubinyi 2000.
- ^ Markó 2006, p. 310.
- ^ C. Tóth et al. 2016, p. 99.
- ^ a b Kubinyi 2001, p. 325.
- ^ Kubinyi 2001, p. 326.
Sources
- C. Tóth, Norbert; Horváth, Richárd; Neumann, Tibor; Pálosfalvi, Tamás (2016). Magyarország világi archontológiája, 1458–1526, I. Főpapok és bárók [Secular Archontology of Hungary, 1458–1526, Volume I: Prelates and Barons] (in Hungarian). MTA Bölcsészettudományi Kutatóközpont Történettudományi Intézete. ISBN 978-963-4160-35-9.
- Fedeles, Tamás (2010). Püspökök, prépostok, kanonokok: Fejezetek Pécs középkori egyháztörténetéből [Bishops, Provosts, Canons: Chapters from the Medieval Church History of Pécs] (in Hungarian). Szegedi Tudományegyetem Történeti Intézet. ISBN 978-963-482-990-4.
- Kubinyi, András (2000). "Egy különös középkori per. Ernuszt Zsigmond püspök meggyilkolása és hagyatéka elsikkasztása". História (in Hungarian). 22 (4).
- Kubinyi, András (2001). "Ernuszt Zsigmond pécsi püspök rejtélyes halála és hagyatékának sorsa: A magyar igazságszolgáltatás nehézségei a középkor végén [The Mysterious Death of Zsigmond Ernuszt, Bishop of Pécs, and the Fate of His Heritage]". Századok (in Hungarian). 135 (2). Magyar Történelmi Társulat: 301–361. ISSN 0039-8098.
- 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] (in Hungarian). Helikon Kiadó. ISBN 963-547-085-1.
- Wehli, Tünde (2012). "A három Ernuszt [Three from the Ernuszt Family]". Budapesti Könyvszemle (in Hungarian). 24 (2). Budapesti Könyvszemle Alapítvány: 142–151.