János Imreffy
| János Imreffy | |
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| Chancellor of Transylvania | |
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In office Spring 1610 – 9 July 1611 |
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| Monarch | Gabriel Báthory |
| Preceded by | István Kendi |
| Succeeded by |
Vacant next office-holder: Simon Péchi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c. 1559–1560 |
| Died | 9 July 1611 Brassó, Principality of Transylvania (today: Brașov, Romania) |
| Nationality | Hungarian |
| Spouse(s) | Kata Iffjú |
János Imreffy de Szerdahely (Imreffi; c. 1559-60 – 9 July 1611) was a Hungarian soldier and noble in the Principality of Transylvania, who served as Chancellor of Transylvania from Spring 1610 to his death on 9 July 1611. He was a member of the Imreffy family of old origin.
János Imreffy was a grandson of Mihály Imreffy, castellan of Buda. His parents were János, Sr. and Margit Forgách de Ghymes et Gács. He inhretied Diószeg (today: Sládkovičovo, Slovakia) from his mother. He moved to Transylvania at young age. He married Kata Iffjú, daughter of János Iffjú, a member of the Transylvanian Royal Council and Margit Majláth. Due to that marriage, he became relative to the Báthory de Somlyó family, because his wife was half-sister of Balthasar Báthory, Stephen Báthory (father of Gabriel Báthory) and Cardinal Andrew Báthory. Imreffy also became the lord of Alvinc (today: Vinţu de Jos, Romania).
In 1593, he served envoy of Sigismund Báthory to Christoph Teuffenbach, Captain General of Kassa (today: Košice, Slovakia). After 1598, he moved to the Partium where served as familiar of Judge royal Stephen Báthory de Ecsed. There he met Gabriel Báthory for the first time. Imreffy joined to Stephen Bocskay's War of Independence and became a member of the Royal Council. He also functioned as the treasurer of Bocskay's army in the summer of 1605. He successfully crushed the rebellion of Serb militia in Lippa (today: Lipova, Romania).
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