János Irinyi

Life The Irinyi family is an old Hungarian noble family of Szatmár County. It took its name from the village of Iriny in the county, which it owned, and at the beginning of the 19th century the family also held joint ownership of several other settlements in the county. The ancestors of the family fought under King Ladislaus IV of Hungary at the Battle of Marchfeld in 1278, where they killed the enemy king Ottokar II of Bohemia, and captured his son alive. For this service, King Ladislaus IV granted them the estate of Iriny in Szatmár County in 1278. The family's coat of arms also refers to this event. ), Heléna, János, Antónia, József and Rozália. Of these, János (1817), Antónia (1820) and József (1822) were born in Albis, in Bihar County.

Together with his brother József, János Irinyi took part in the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 and was one of the first to draft the outline of the Twelve Points.