Ladislaus Garai

Ladislaus Garai

Seal of Ladislaus Garai
Palatine of Hungary
In office
1447–1458
Monarch Ladislaus V, Matthias I
Preceded by Lawrence Hédervári
Succeeded by Michael Ország
Ban of Macsó
In office
1431–1441
Monarch Sigismund, Albert, Vladislaus I
Preceded by Stephen Újlaki
Succeeded by Desiderius Garay
In office
1445–1447
Monarch Ladislaus V
Preceded by Emeric Hédervári
Succeeded by Stephen Bebek
Personal details
Born c. 1410
Died 1459
Parents Nicholas II Garai (father)
Anna of Celje (mother)

Ladislaus Garai, also Ladislas Garai, (Hungarian: Garai László; c. 1410 – February or April 1459) was Palatine of Hungary from 1447 to 1458, and Ban of Macsó between 1431 and 1441 and from 1445 and 1447.

Childhood

Ladislaus was the son of Nicholas Garai, Palatine of Hungary and his wife, Anna of Celje.[1] His father was a most powerful baron in the Kingdom of Hungary in the reign of King Sigismund.[2] Ladislaus's mothera daughter of Hermann II, Count of Celjewas the sister of King Sigismund's wife, Barbara of Celje.[3] Ladislaus was born around 1410, but he was first mentioned in a royal charter of 1424.[1]

Notes

  1. 1 2 Markó 2000, p. 218.
  2. Engel 2001, p. 211.
  3. Engel 2001, pp. 207, 211.

Sources

  • Engel, Pál (2001). The Realm of St Stephen: A History of Medieval Hungary, 895–1526. I.B. Tauris Publishers. ISBN 1-86064-061-3. 
  • Kubinyi, András (2008). Matthias Rex. Balassi Kiadó. ISBN 978-963-506-767-1. 
  • Markó, László (2000). 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). Magyar Könyvklub. ISBN 963-547-085-1. 
  • Mureşanu, Camil (2001). John Hunyadi: Defender of Christendom. The Center for Romanian Studies. ISBN 973-9432-18-2. 
Ladislaus
Born: c. 1410 Died: 1459
Political offices
Preceded by
Peter Cseh de Léva
Ban of Macsó
alongside Desiderius Garai (1431–1438)
and Nicholas Újlaki (1438–1441)

1431–1441
Succeeded by
Nicholas Újlaki
Ladislaus Maróti
Preceded by
Emeric Hédervári
Ban of Macsó
1445–1447
Succeeded by
Stephen Bebek
John Kórógyi
Preceded by
Lawrence Hédervári
Palatine of Hungary
1447–1458
Succeeded by
Michael Ország
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