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Thomas the Archdeacon's Historia Salonitana names him as the first King of Croatia (rex), regardless, he is considered the first crowned Croatian king. [4] Svetoslav Suronja: 997: 1000: He was the oldest son of king Stephen Držislav, from whom he received the title of duke, and was designated as his successor. Dethroned by his brothers ...
King Louis II of Hungary (Nádasdy Mausoleum, 1664) After his father's death in 1516, the minor Louis II ascended to the throne of Hungary and Croatia. Louis was adopted by the Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I in 1515. When Maximilian I died in 1519, Louis's cousin George, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, became his legal guardian.
The ensuing reign of King Louis the Great (1342–1382) is considered the golden age of medieval Croatian history. [74] Louis launched a campaign against Venice, with aim of retaking Dalmatian cities, and eventually succeeded, forcing Venice to sign the Treaty of Zadar in 1358.
Although claims of this kind can also be found today, since the Croatian-Hungarian tensions are gone, it has generally been accepted that Coloman was crowned in Biograd for king. [29] Today, Hungarian legal historians hold that the relationship of Hungary with the area of Croatia and Dalmatia in the period till 1526 and the death of Louis II ...
Helen of Zadar, a member of the family, was the Queen consort of Croatian King Mchael Krešimir II. Magdalenić: Baron: Old noble family from Turopolje, central Croatia. Matija Magdalenić (1625–1704), a member of the family, was a Croatian Kajkavian dialect writer Makanec: 26 July 1792–present
The king wished to maintain full control over the territory of the Kingdom of Croatia, including cities and towns of Dalmatia, most of which were in the hands of the Venetians. The citizens of Zadar rebelled against the rule of the Serenissima Repubblica in 1344, asking king Louis for help.
Louis's second wife, Elizabeth of Bosnia and their three daughters. Louis's first wife, Margaret, was the oldest child of Charles, Margrave of Moravia, and his first wife, Blanche of Valois. [262] Margaret was born in 1335. [262] The exact date of the marriage of Louis and Margaret is unknown, but it occurred between 1342 and 1345.
The twelve noble tribes of Croatia (Latin: nobiles duodecim generationum regni Croatie), [1] also known as twelve noble families of Croatia, [2] was a medieval institution of nobility, [3] alliance, or narrow noble community in the Kingdom of Croatia, which can be traced back at least to the 14th century, while the first mention of the institution was in the Pacta conventa document, which is ...