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Gorjanski or 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 (Miklos Garay), the chief governor of Pressburg, was a palatine to the King of Hungary.

His first son John (Janos) was the governor of Temes and Pozsega banates. His second son Nikola II (Miklos II) was the ban of Mačva, Usora, Soli, Slavonia, Croatia and married to Jelena Lazarević, daughter of Serbian Prince Lazar. Miklos II's granddaughter Anna was engaged to Matthias Corvinus Hunyadi.

Nicholas I also married his daughters well: Ilona was married to the magnate Miklos Szechy, and Dorothea married Nicholas Frankopan, ban of Croatia and Dalmatia.

Nicholas' uncle Pavle (Pál), was also a ban of Mačva. His successors to this position were his son-in-law János Alsáni and his grandson Pál Alsáni. His son Pál Bánfi de Gara was the governor of Zala, as was his other son István and in turn his son Pál. This Pál's son Dezső was another ban of Mačva.

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