John II Ernuszt

John Ernuszt de Csáktornya, Jr. (Hungarian: csáktornyai Ernuszt János; c. 1465 – after 20 November 1528), also known as John Hampó, was a Hungarian baron, who served as Ban of Croatia, Dalmatia and Slavonia between 1507 and 1510.

He was born around 1465 into a Hungarian noble family of Jewish origin as the younger son of John I Ernuszt and a certain Catherine from an unidentified family. His elder brother was Sigismund, who was born around 1445 and Matthias Corvinus made him Bishop of Pécs in 1473.

John II married three times during his lifetime. His first wife was Anna Pálóci, the only daughter of Emeric Pálóci and Dorothy Rozgonyi. Anna died in 1494, when John II was around thirty years old. Following that (around 1500) he married Princess Margaret of Sagan (Żagań), daughter of Jan II the Mad and widow of Nicholas Bánffy de Alsólendva. Their marriage produced two sons, Francis, who was killed in the Battle of Mohács in 1526, and John III. John Ernuszt also adopted his wife's children from her first marriage; John Bánffy, Palatine of Hungary, author Katalin Bánffy and Margaret Bánffy. He governed the Verőce branch of the Bánffy family's estates on behalf of his minor stepson. John II became a widower for the second time between around 1507 and 1513. Towards the end of his life, he married Barbara Ország, daughter of the late Ladislaus Ország and Magdalene Maróti. Her first husband was George Drágfi. They had two sons: Farkas and Caspar, who was the last male member of the Ernuszt family.

He first appeared in contemporary records in 1470, still a minor. While his elder brother became bishop and held various positions in the royal court, John II managed the family estates in Csáktornya (Čakovec) and Međimurje (today in Croatia). He ordered the fortification and modernization of the castle in Csáktornya and several churches were built in this period.