John Forrói
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John Forrói | |
|---|---|
| Lord of Forró | |
| Vice-ispán of Abaúj County | |
| Reign | 1342 |
| Died | c. 1360 |
| Noble family | House of Forrói |
| Spouse(s) | Elizabeth Imregi |
| Issue | none |
| Father | James I |
John Forrói (Hungarian: Forrói János; died around 1360) was a Hungarian nobleman in the first half of the 14th century, who served as vice-ispán of Abaúj County in 1342.
Forrói was born into a noble family, which possessed lands mostly in Abaúj and Bereg counties. His grandfather was Aladar, who acquired the lordship of Forró with its neighboring villages in the 1260s. By the early 14th century, the entire family entered the service of the powerful oligarch Amadeus Aba.[1] Forrói's parents were James (I) and his wife, who later became the spouse of Stephen Zoárd (or Szentandrási, "Stephen the Page"). Forrói had a brother James (II) and a half-sister Kanicsa ("Rose"), the wife of Pócs Piskárkosi.[2]
Forrói's father James inherited the villages Szentmiklós, Szolyva and Verecke (present-day Chynadiiovo, Svaliava, Nyzhni Vorota and Kolchyno in Ukraine, respectively) from Aladar in 1310. The Forró lordship was also divided between James and his brother Aladar (II).[3] Following the assassination of Amadeus Aba in September 1311 and the subsequent hostile relationship between Charles I of Hungary and the clan Aba, James swore loyalty to the monarch. He fought in the Battle of Rozgony against the Abas on 15 June 1312, where he was killed.[1]