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{{Short description|Early 14th century Hungarian lord}}
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| succession    = [[Veszprém County (former)|Ispán of Veszprém]]
| reign         = 1295
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| predecessor   = [[Lőrinte II Lőrinte]]
| successor     = [[Lőrinte II Lőrinte]]
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| noble family   = [[Péc (genus)|''gens'' Péc]]
| father         = [[Denis Péc|Denis]]
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| death_date  = 1321/27
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'''John from the kindred Péc''' ({{langx|hu|Péc nembeli János}}; died between 1321 and 1327) was a Hungarian lord at the turn of the 13th and 14th centuries, who served as ''[[ispán]]'' of [[Veszprém County (former)|Veszprém County]] in 1295.
==Biography==
John originated from the Zala branch of the extended [[Péc (genus)|''gens'' (clan) Péc]], which had large-scale possessions in several counties of [[Transdanubia]], in addition to other parts of the [[Kingdom of Hungary (1000–1301)|Kingdom of Hungary]]. His father was [[Denis Péc|Denis]], an influential baron and skilled military leader during the second half of the 13th century. John had an unidentified sister, who married [[Stephen Hahót]].<ref name="engel">Engel: ''Genealógia'' (Genus Péc 1. Zala branch)</ref>
John first appears in contemporary records in 1292.{{sfn|Kádár|2018|p=19}} He was a confidant of King [[Andrew III of Hungary|Andrew III]]'s mother Queen mother [[Tomasina Morosini]], who governed the southern parts of the kingdom as [[Duke of Slavonia|Duchess of Slavonia]]. John served his lady as [[Master of the cupbearers]] in her court.{{sfn|Zsoldos|2011|p=73}} Simultaneously, he also functioned as ''ispán'' of Veszprém County.{{sfn|Zsoldos|2011|p=227}} By then, inheriting the [[Moravče, Croatia|Marócsa]] (present-day Moravče, Croatia) lordship, he owned the castle of Zelna (today ruins in [[Sveti Ivan Zelina]], Croatia), which was built by his father in the previous decades.{{sfn|Kádár|2018|p=15}} His castellan was a certain Paul ("Churkan") in that same year.{{sfn|Zsoldos|2011|p=267}} John is last mentioned by sources in 1321. He died childless.{{sfn|Kádár|2018|p=19}} His cousin and closest living relative, [[Nicholas Ludbregi]] inherited the castle of Zelna (Zelina) from him, according to a document issued in 1327, which suggests, John had died by then.{{sfn|Engel|1996|p=465}}
== References ==
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== Sources ==
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* {{cite book |last=Engel |first=Pál |author-link=Pál Engel |year=1996  |title=Magyarország világi archontológiája, 1301&ndash;1457, I. ''[Secular Archontology of Hungary, 1301&ndash;1457, Volume I]'' |publisher=História, MTA Történettudományi Intézete |isbn=963-8312-44-0 |language=hu }}
* {{cite journal |last=Kádár |first=Tamás |title=Egy figyelemre méltó Dráva vidéki főúr a 13. század második feléből: Péc nembeli György fia Dénes nádor és országbíró közéleti pályája [''A Remarkable Lord from the Dráva Region in the Second Half of the 13th Century: The Public Career of Palatine and Judge Royal Denis, son of George from the Clan Péc''] |journal=Somogy Megye Múltjából |volume=45–46 |pages=5–19 |year=2018 |language=hu |issn=1419-8010 }}
* {{cite book |last=Zsoldos |first=Attila |year=2011 |title=Magyarország világi archontológiája, 1000–1301 ''[Secular Archontology of Hungary, 1000–1301]'' |publisher=História, MTA Történettudományi Intézete |isbn=978-963-9627-38-3 |language=hu}}
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{{S-hou|[[Péc (genus)|Genus Péc]]|name=John ||? ||after 1321 }}
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{{S-ttl|title={{nowrap|[[Veszprém County (former)|Ispán of Veszprém]]}}|years=1295}}
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