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GorjanskiGorjanski (Hungarian: Garay) were a noble family in the Kingdom of Hungary, with notable members in the 14th and 15th centuries. The name means lord of Gorja / Gara, their estate. Nicholas Gorjanski (Croatian: Nikola Gorjanski, Hungarian: Garay Mikls), 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, 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 (Croatian: Pavle, Hungarian: Pl), was also a ban of Mačva. His successors to this position were his son-in-law John Alsni and his grandson Paul Alsni. His son Paul Bnfi 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. External links - http://genealogy.euweb.cz/hung/garai.html
- http://worldroots.com/brigitte/theroff/balkan.htm
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