John Geréb de Vingárt

{{Short description|Hungarian nobleman}}

John Geréb de Vingárt (sometimes referred to as Vingard), (b.???? - d.????) was a Hungarian nobleman who served as Vice-Voivode of Transylvania (1450-1458) under the Regent of Hungary Michael Szilágyi and rose to the position of governor (1445-1460) under Emeric III Bebek, who was killed at the Battle of Kosovo (1448).{{Cite journal |last=W. Kovács |first=András |date=2012 |title=Remarks on the Careers of the Vice-voivodes of Transylvania in the Late Middle Ages (1458–1526) |url=https://real.mtak.hu/143787/ |journal=Transylvanian Review |language=en |volume=21 |issue=Suppl |pages=103–137 |issn=1221-1249}}{{Cite journal |last=Tamás |first=Csifó |date=2023 |title=Family background of Elisabeth Szilágyi |url=https://acta.bibl.u-szeged.hu/84621/ |journal=Belvedere Meridionale |language=hu |volume=35 |issue=3 |pages=106–127 |doi=10.14232/belv.2023.3.8 |issn=2064-5929|doi-access=free }}

The complete list of where he served: vice-voivode of Transylvania between 1450 and 1450; a castellan of Görgény in 1440 and 1450; governor of Transylvania in 1445–1450, then again in 1458–1460; royal captain of Transylvania in 1459; and vice-governor of Transylvania in 1460.

He served the Hungarian crown loyally for many years, and was eventually rewarded for his service: his son Matthias Gereb received Castle Făgăraș.

He probably commissioned the manor house in Vingard in 1458.{{Cite web |title=Koppány Tibor: A középkori Magyarország kastélyai |url=https://mi.abtk.hu/hu/kiadvanyok/kiadvanytar/muveszettorteneti-fuzetek/koppany-tibor-a-kozepkori-magyarorszag-kastelyai |access-date=2024-10-21 |website=HUN-REN BTK MI |language=hu-hu}}

He was a trustee of John Hunyadi,{{Cite web |last=Yumpu.com |title=John Hunyadi between Belgrade and Cetatea ... - Banatica |url=https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/view/12213654/john-hunyadi-between-belgrade-and-cetatea-banatica |access-date=2024-10-21 |website=yumpu.com |language=en}} and married John Hunyadi's sister-in-law Sophia Szilágyi who was the sister of Elizabeth Szilágyi.

Geréb was a loyal follower of Władysław II, to the extent of trying to kill Vlad the Impaler while he was imprisoned under John Hunyadi.{{Cite journal |last=Andrić |first=Stanko |date=2002 |title=Srednjovjekovni Šarengrad i njegovi gospodari |url=https://www.ceeol.com/search/article-detail?id=182845 |journal=Povijesni prilozi |language=Croatian |issue=23 |pages=43–69 |issn=0351-9767}}

He was the only vice-voivode to receive the tiles of magnificus and egregius.

He had five sons: Stephen, Lawrence, Ladislas, Peter and Matthias. Peter followed in his footsteps became captain of Upper Silesia (1476), voivode of Transylvania, Count of the Székelys (1477–1479) and Count Palatine (1500–1503). He gained much favour from his cousin Matthias Corvinus.{{Cite book |last1=Anderle |first1=Ádám |url=https://www.antikvarium.hu/konyv/anderle-adam-adrianyi-gabor-magyar-katolikus-lexikon-iv-toredek-387992-0 |title=Magyar Katolikus Lexikon IV. (töredék): Gas-hom |last2=Adriányi |first2=Gábor |last3=Dr Diós |first3=István |last4=Dr Viczián |first4=János |date=1998 |publisher=Szent István Társulat |isbn=978-963-361-017-6 |location=Budapest |language=Hungarian}}{{Cite journal |last=Kelényi |first=Borbála |date=2012 |title=Kanizsai Dorottya végrendelete és a bajcsi pálosoknak tett adományai |url=https://real.mtak.hu/64015/ |journal=Fons: Forráskutatás És Történeti Segédtudományok |language=en |volume=19 |issue=4 |pages=495–529 |issn=1217-8020}} Stephen died at thirty and Lawrence died as a child. Ladislas entered the church, serving as bishop of Transylvania at Alba Iulia (1476–1501) and archbishop of Kalocsa in the Archdiocese of Kalocsa–Kecskemét. He died in 1502 and was buried in the convent in Šarengrad.{{Cite journal |last1=Parker |first1=Charles Thomas |last2=Garrity |first2=George M |editor-first1=Charles Thomas |editor-first2=George M. |editor-last1=Parker |editor-last2=Garrity |date=2013-06-17 |title=Exemplar Abstract for Lonsdalea populi (Tóth et al. 2013) Li et al. 2017 and Lonsdalea quercina populi Tóth et al. 2013. |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1601/ex.24199 |access-date=2024-10-22 |website=The NamesforLife Abstracts|doi=10.1601/ex.24199 }}{{cite journal |first=Stanko |last=Andrić |journal=Historische Beiträge |volume=21 |issue=23 |date=2002 |title=Medieval Šarengrad (Atya) and its Lords |url=https://hrcak.srce.hr/clanak/44921}}