Gorjanski
Gorjanski (Hungarian:
Garay or
Garai) were a
noble family in the
Kingdom of Hungary, a brancs of the Dorozsma clan, with notable members in the 14th and 15th centuries. The name means lord of Gorja / Gara, their estate.
Nicholas Gorjanski (Serbo-Croatian: Nikola Gorjanski, Hungarian: Garay Miklós), the chief governor of
Bratislava, was a
palatine to the King of Hungary.
His first son John was the governor of
Temes and
Pozsega banates. His second son Nicholas II was the
ban of
Mačva,
Usora, Soli (modern
Tuzla),
Slavonia,
Croatia and married to
Jelena Lazarević, daughter of Serbian
Prince Lazar. Nicholas II's granddaughter Anna was engaged to
Matthias Corvinus.
Nicholas I also married his daughters well: Ilona was married to the magnate Nicholas Szechy, and Dorothea married Nicholas
Frankopan, ban of Croatia and Dalmatia.
Nicholas' uncle Paul (Serbo-Croatian: Pavle, Hungarian: Pál), was also a ban of Mačva. His successors to this position were his son-in-law John Alsáni and his grandson Paul Alsáni. His son Paul Bánfi de Gara was the governor of
Zala, as was his other son Stephen and in turn his son Paul, whose son Dezső was another ban of Mačva.
* http://genealogy.euweb.cz/hung/garai.html
* http://worldroots.com/brigitte/theroff/balkan.htm
