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Ban of Croatia
Hrvatski ban
The heraldic standard of the Croatian ban in the 19th century
Reports to	King of Croatia Croatian Parliament
Seat	Banski dvori, Zagreb, Croatia
Term length	No fixed term length
Formation	c. 949
First holder	Pribina
Final holder	Ivan Šubašić
Abolished	10 April 1941 (de facto) 13 June 1943 (de jure)

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Ban of Croatia (Croatian: Hrvatski ban) was the title of local rulers or office holders and after 1102, viceroys of Croatia. From the earliest periods of the Croatian state, some provinces were ruled by bans as a ruler's representative (viceroy) and supreme military commander. In the 18th century, Croatian bans eventually became the chief government officials in Croatia.

They were at the head of the Ban's Government, effectively the first prime ministers of Croatia. The institution of ban persisted until the first half of the 20th century, when it was officially superseded in function by that of a parliamentary prime minister.

South Slavic ban (Croatian pronunciation: [bâːn], with a long [a]), is directly attested in 10th-century Constantine Porphyrogenitus' book De Administrando Imperio as βο(ε)άνος, in a chapter dedicated to Croats and the organization of their state, describing how their ban "has under his rule Krbava, Lika and Gacka."^[1]

References from the earliest periods are scarce, but history recalls that the first known Croatian ban is Pribina from the 10th century. In the early Middle Ages, the ban was the royal district governor of Lika, Gacka and Krbava. Later, the meaning of the title was elevated to that of provincial governor in the Kingdom of Croatia. King Demetrius Zvonimir was originally a ban serving under King Peter Krešimir IV.

Name (Birth–Death)	Term start	Term end	Notes	Monarch (Reign)
Pribina	c. 949	c. 969	The first historically attested Ban of Croatia. Pribina deposed of King Miroslav during a civil war in the Croatian Kingdom, and replaced him with Michael Krešimir. He ruled over the Gacka, Krbava and Lika counties, according to De Administrando Imperio. He is also possibly referred to in a charter as potens banus, meaning "powerful ban".[2]	Miroslav (945–949)
				Michael Krešimir II (949–969)
Godemir	c. 969	c. 997	Also called Godimir. He is mentioned to have served kings Michael Krešimir and Stephen Držislav[3] in a charter of King Peter Krešimir IV the Great from 1068.[4]
				Stephen Držislav (969–997)
Gvarda	c. 997	c. 1000	Mentioned in a charter of King Peter Krešimir IV the Great from 1068.
				Svetoslav Suronja (997–1000)
Božeteh	c. 1000	c. 1030	Mentioned in a charter of King Peter Krešimir IV the Great from 1068.
				Krešimir III (1000–1030) Gojslav (1000–1020)
Stephen Praska	c. 1035	c. 1058	According to the chronicle of Archdeacon Goricensis John, he was named as ban by King Stephen I around 1035 (after his military expeditions to the east), thus succeeding Božeteh as Croatian ban.[5][6][7] He eventually attained a Byzantine imperial title of protospatharios somewhere between 1035 and 1042, which governed his influence over the Dalmatian theme.	Stephen I (1030–1058)
Gojčo	c. 1059	c. 1069	He was possibly the brother of King Peter Krešimir IV the Great, who was rumored to have murdered his other brother called Gojslav.[8]	Peter Krešimir IV (1058–1074)
Demetrius Zvonimir	c. 1064/1070	c. 1075	During the reign of Peter Krešimir IV (Zvonimir's relative), Demetrius Zvonimir possibly initially ruled in Slavonia, but had the title of ban only in Croatia.[9] Croatian charters at the time were issued in the names of both King Peter Krešimir and Ban Zvonimir.[10] In 1074, Normans from southern Italy invaded Croatia and captured a certain Croatian ruler whose name is not known, certainly King Peter Krešimir, who died soon after and was succeeded by Demetrius Zvonimir.[11]
Petar Snačić	c. 1075	c. 1091	Ban of Croatia according to a later addenda to Supetar Cartulary.	Demetrius Zvonimir (1075–1089)
				Stephen II (1089–1091)

After the Croats elected King Coloman of Hungary as King of Croatia 1102, the title of ban acquired the meaning of viceroy. Bans were appointed by the Hungarian king as his representatives in Kingdom of Croatia, heads of the parliament (sabor) and also as supreme commander of Croatian Army.

Croatia was governed by the viceregal ban as a whole from 1102 until 1225, when it was split into two separate regions of Slavonia and Croatia. Two different bans were occasionally appointed until 1476, when the institution of a single ban was resumed. Most bans were native nobles but some were also of Hungarian ancestry.

Most notable bans from this period were Pavao Šubić and Peter Berislavić.

Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term start	Term end	Notes	Monarch (Reign)
	Ugra/Ugrin[12]	1102	1105	In 1105 commanded the Hungarian fleet that successfully attacked the island of Rab and others in the Gulf of Kvarner,[13][14][15] and remained for a year on the island of Krk as comes alongside another Slavic ban.[13] In historiography by ancestry is considered to be a Hungarian,[12] or Croatian nobleman.[16]	Coloman (1102–1116)
	Sergije/Sergius[12]	1105
	Klaudije	1116	1117		Stephen II (1116–1131)
	Aleksije/Alexius[12]	c. 1130	c. 1141		Béla II (1131–1141)
	Beloš[12] (1083–1163)	1142	c. 1158		Géza II (1141–1162)
	Apa[12]	1158
	Beloš (1083–1163)	1163			Stephen III (1162–1172)
	Ampudije/Ampudin[12]	1164	c. 1180
	Maurus[12]	1181			Béla III (1172–1196)
	Denis/Dionysius[12]	c. 1180	c. 1183	Ban only in the littoral part
	Subanus/Šoban[12]	1183	1185
	Kalán Bár-Kalán[12] (c. 1152–1218)	1190	1193
	Dominic Miskolc[12]	1194	c. 1195
	Andrija[12]	1198		for Duke Andrew	Emeric (1196–1204)
	Nicholas I of Transylvania[12]	1198 (?)	1199	for King Emeric
	Benedict Osl[12]	1199	1200	for King Emeric
	Nicholas, Palatine of Hungary	1200	1201 (?)	for Duke Andrew
	Martin Hont-Pázmány[12]	1202		for Duke Andrew
	Hipolit[12]	1204		for King Emeric
	Mercurius[12]	1205	1206		Ladislaus III (1204–1205)
	Stephen son Mihaljev of Jak[12]	1206	1207		Andrew II (1205–1235)
	Bánk Bár-Kalán[12]	1208	1209
	Thomas Monoszló[12]	1209
	Berthold Andechs-Merana[12]	1209	1211
	Michael Kacsics[12]	1212
	Martin Hont-Pázmány	1213
	Julius I Kán	1213		Ban only in Slavonia
	Simon Kacsics[12]	1212	1214
	Ohuz[12]	1213	1214
	Ivan[12]	1215		Ban only in Slavonia
	Pousa/Poša[12]	1216		meanwhile in 1217 Pontius de Cruce was a regent of Croatia and Dalmatia[12]
	Bánk Bár-Kalán[12]	1217	1218
	Julius I Kán	1219		Ban only in Slavonia
	Ernej/Ernst Hontpâzmân[12]	c. 1220	1221
	Ohuz	1219	1220
	Solomon Atyusz	c. 1222	c. 1224

From 1225 to 1476, there were parallel Bans of Croatia and Dalmatia and of "Whole Slavonia". The following is the list of the former, the latter are listed at the article Ban of Slavonia. During the period of separate titles of ban, several persons held both titles, which is indicated in the notes.

After the death of King Louis I of Hungary, his daughter Mary succeeded to the throne, which led to kings Charles III and Ladislaus of Naples claiming the Kingdom of Hungary. A war erupted between forces loyal to Mary, and later to her husband and successor Sigismund of Luxembourg, and those loyal to Ladislaus.

During this time, Sigismund appointed Nicholas II Garai (who was also count palatine) the Ban of Croatia and Dalmatia in 1392, Butko Kurjaković in 1394, and then again Garai in the period from 1394 to 1397. Nicholas II Garai was also at the time the Ban of Slavonia, succeeded by Ladislav Grđevački (1402–1404), Paul Besenyő (1404), Pavao Peć (1404–1406), Hermann II of Celje (1406–1408).

Ladislaus in turn appointed his own bans. In 1409, this dynastic struggle was resolved when Ladislaus sold his rights over Dalmatia to the Republic of Venice.

Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term start	Term end	Notes	Monarch (Reign)
	Vojnić	1225			Andrew II (1205–1235)
	Valegin	1226
	Stephen IV Babonić	1243	1249		Béla IV (1235–1270)
	Butko of Podgorje	1259
	Stephen of Klis	1263	1266
	Nicholas of Gacka	1275		Son of Amadeus Aba	Ladislaus IV (1272–1290)
	Pavao I Šubić	1278	1312
					Andrew III (1290–1301)
					Charles I (1301–1342)
	Mladen II Šubić	1312	1322
	Stephen I Lackfi	1350	1352		Louis I (1342–1383)
	Ivan Ćuz	1356	1358
	Nicholas Szécsi	1358	1366
	Kónya Szécsényi	1366	1367
	Emeric I Lackfi	1368
	Simon Mauritius of Pok	1369	1371
	Charles of Durazzo	1371	1376
	Nicholas Szécsi	1377	1380	Second term
	Emeric I Bebek	1380	1383
	Stephen II Lackfi	1383	1384		Mary (1382–1395)
	Thomas of St George	1384	1385
	Ivan Paližna	1385	1386	Co-ruled with relative Ivan Anjou Horvat (1385–1387). Also at the time the Ban of Slavonia.
	Ladislaus Lackfi	1387
	Denis of Lučenec	1387	1389
	Ivan Paližna	1389		Second term. Also at the time the Ban of Slavonia.
	Butko Kurjaković	1394
	Nicholas II Garai	1395	1397		Charles II (1385–1386)
	Hermann II of Celje	1406	1407	Also at the time the Ban of Slavonia.	Sigismund (1387–1437)
	Karlo Kurjaković	1408	1409
	Ivan Kurjaković	1410	1411
	Pavao Kurjaković	1410	1411	Co-ruled with Ivan Kurjaković.
	Peter Albeni	1412	1413
	John Albeni	1414	1419
	Ivaniš Nelipić	1419	1419
	Albert Nagymihályi	1419	1426
	Nikola IV Frankopan	1426	1432	Son of Ban Ivan Frankopan
	Ivan VI Frankopan	1434	1436
	Stephen III Frankopan	1434	1437	Co-ruled with Ivan Frankopan and later Matko Talovac
	Peter Talovac	1438	1453	Co-ruled with Matko Talovac and Franko Talovac	Albert I (1437–1439)
					Vladislaus I (1440–1444)
					Ladislaus V (1444–1457)
	Ladislaus Hunyad	1453
	Pavao Špirančić	1459	1463
					Matthias I (1458–1490)
	Stephen Frankopan	1463
	Nicholas of Ilok	1457	1463	Also at the time the Ban of Slavonia (1457–1463)
	Emeric Zápolya	1464	1465	Also at the time the Ban of Slavonia
	John Thuz	1466	1467	Also at the time the Ban of Slavonia
	Blaise Magyar	1470	1472	Also at the time the Ban of Slavonia
	Damjan Horvat	1472	1473	Also at the time the Ban of Slavonia

From 1476 onwards, the titles of Ban of Dalmatia and Croatia, and Ban of "Whole Slavonia" are again united in the single title of Ban of Croatia, Slavonia and Dalmatia.

Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term start	Term end	Notes	Monarch (Reign)
	Andrew Bánffy	1476	1477		Matthias I (1458–1490)
	Ladislaus of Egervár	1477	1481
	Blaise Magyar	1482
	Matthias Gereb	1483	1489	Known for the Battle of Una.
	Ladislaus of Egervár	1489	1493
					Vladislaus II (1490–1516)
	John Both	1493
	Mirko Derenčin	1493		Known for the Battle of Krbava field.
	Ladislaus Kanizsai	1493	1495
	John Corvinus	1495	1498
	George Kanizsai	1498	1499
	John Corvinus	1499	1504
	Andrew Both	1505	1507
	Marko Mišljenović	1506	1507
	John Ernuszt	1508	1509
	George Kanizsai	1508	1509
	Andrew Both	1510	1511
	Emeric Perényi	1512	1513
	Peter Berislavić	1513	1520	Known for the Battle of Dubica.
					Louis II (1516–1526)
	Ivan Karlović	1521	1524
	John Tahy	1525
	Ferenc Batthyány	1525	1527
	Christoph I Frankopan (1482–1527)	1527		Grandson of Ban Stephen Frankopan

The title of ban persisted in Croatia after 1527 when the country became part of the Habsburg monarchy, and continued all the way until 1918.

Among the most distinguished bans in Croatian history were the three members of Zrinski family Nikola Šubić Zrinski and his great-grandsons Nikola Zrinski and Petar Zrinski. Also there are two notable Erdődys: Toma Erdődy, great warrior and statesman, and Ivan Erdődy, to whom Croatia owes much for protecting her rights against the Hungarian nobility, his most widely known saying in Latin is Regnum regno non praescribit leges (A kingdom may not proscribe laws to another kingdom.)

In the 18th century, Croatian bans eventually became chief government officials in Croatia. They were at the head of Ban's Government, effectively the first prime ministers of Croatia. The most known bans of that era were Josip Jelačić, Ivan Mažuranić and Josip Šokčević.

The Habsburg dynasty ruled Kingdom of Croatia and Kingdom of Slavonia between 1527 and 1918.

Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term start	Term end	Notes	Monarch (Reign)
	Christoph I Frankopan (1482–1527)	1526	1527		Ferdinand I (1526–1564)
	Ivan Karlović (c. 1485–1531)	1527	1531
	Simon Erdődy (c. 1489–1543)	1530	1534
	Louis Pekry	1532	1537
	Thomas Nádasdy (1498–1562)	1537	1539
	Peter Keglević (1478–c. 1554)	1537	1542
	Nikola Šubić Zrinski (1508–c. 1566)	1542	1556
	Péter Erdődy (1508–c. 1566)	1557	1567
	Franjo Frankopan Slunjski	1567	1572		Maximilian II (1563–1576)
	Juraj Drašković (1525–1587)	1567	1576
	Gašpar Alapić (?–1584)	1575	1577
	Kristóf Ungnad	1578	1583		Rudolf II (1572–1608)
	Thomas Erdődy (1558–1624)	1583	1595
	Gašpar Stankovački (1555–1596)	1595	1596
	Ivan II Drašković (1550–1613)	1595	1607
	Thomas Erdődy (1558–1624)	1608	1615		Matthias II (1608–1618)
	Benedict Thuroczy	1615	1616
	Nikola IX Frankopan (1584–1647)	1617	1622
	Juraj V Zrinski (1599–1626)	1622	1626		Ferdinand II (1618–1637)
	Sigismund Erdődy (1596–1639)	1627	1639
	Ivan III Drašković (1595–1648)	1640	1646		Ferdinand III (1625–1657)
	Nikola Zrinski (1620–1664)	1647	1664
	Peter Zrinski (1621–1671)	1665	1670		Leopold I (1657–1705)
	Miklós Erdődy (1630–1693)	1670	1693
	Adam II. Batthyány (1662–1703)	1693	1703
	János Pálffy (1664–1751)	1704	1732		Joseph I (1705–1711)
	Ivan V Drašković (1660–1733)	1732	1733		Charles VI (1711–1740)
	Josef Esterházy (1682–1748)	1733	1741
	György Branyng (1677–1748)	1741	1742		Maria Theresa (1740–1780)
	Karl Josef Batthyány (1697–1772)	16 March 1743	6 July 1756
	Ferenc Nádasdy (1708–1783)	1756	1783
	Ferenc Eszterházy (1715–1785)	1783	1785		Joseph II (1780–1790)
	Ferenc Balassa (1736–1807)	1785	1790
	Ivan Erdődy (1733–1806)	1790	1806		Leopold II (1790–1792)
	Ignác Gyulay (1763–1831)	1806	1831		Francis II (1792–1835)
	Franjo Vlašić (1766–1840)	10 February 1832	16 May 1840		Ferdinand V (1835–1848)
	Juraj Haulik (1788–1869)	1840	16 June 1842	Acting ban
	Franz Haller (1796–1875)	16 June 1842	1845
	Juraj Haulik (1788–1869)	1845	23 March 1848	Acting ban

Croatia was a Habsburg crown territory during the Revolutions of 1848 and remained one up until 1867.^[17]

Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term start	Term end	Notes	Monarch (Reign)
	Josip Jelačić (1801–1859)	23 March 1848	19 May 1859		Franz Joseph I (1848–1916)
	Johann Baptist Coronini-Cronberg (1794–1880)	28 July 1859	19 June 1860
	Josip Šokčević (1811–1896)	19 June 1860	27 June 1867

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Croatia was returned to Hungarian control in 1867 when the Habsburg Empire was reconstituted as the dual monarchy of Austria-Hungary. Between then and 1918 the following bans were appointed:

Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term start	Term end	Notes	Monarch (Reign)
	Levin Rauch (1819–1890)	27 June 1867	26 January 1871	Member of the Unionist Party that advocated for more integration of Croatia into Hungary. Notable for securing victory of the Unionist Party through changing the election law and terrorising those who were able to vote.[18]	Franz Joseph I (1848–1916)
	Koloman Bedeković (1818–1889)	26 January 1871	12 February 1872	Bedeković was the leader of the Unionist Party and fought against Croatia's autonomy from Hungary. Dissatisfaction with the obstruction of parliament led to the Rakovica Revolt. Early elections were subsequently called for in 1872. The failure of Bedeković to convene the previous parliament resulted in him being removed from the post of ban and replaced with the first non-noble ban, Ivan Mažuranić.
	Antun Vakanović (1808–1894)	17 February 1872	20 September 1873	Acting ban
	Ivan Mažuranić (1814–1890)	20 September 1873	21 February 1880	Mažuranić was the first Croatian ban not to hail from old nobility, as he was born a commoner. He was a member of the People's Party. He accomplished the transition of Croatian lands from a semi-feudal legal and economic system to a modern civil society similar to those emerging in other countries in Central Europe.
	Ladislav Pejačević (1824–1901)	21 February 1880	4 September 1883	As the reincorporation of the Military Frontier into the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia was proclaimed on 15 July 1881, Pejačević was given the task to follow it through. On 1 August 1881, he took over the administration of the former Frontier. On 24 August 1883, he quit after the Council of Ministers in Vienna concluded that bilingual Hungarian official emblems, installed by Hungarian officials in Croatia-Slavonia, were not allowed to be removed from the official buildings and were to stay along the Croatian ones.
	Hermann Ramberg (1820–1899)	4 September 1883	1 December 1883	Acting ban
	Karoly Khuen-Héderváry (1849–1918)	4 December 1883	27 June 1903	Khuen's reign was marked by strong Magyarization. After a series of riots broke out against him in 1903, Khuen was relieved of his duty and appointed prime minister of Hungary.
	Teodor Pejačević (1855–1928)	1 July 1903	26 June 1907	At the beginning of the 20th century, he was faced with a new direction of Croatian policy marked by political alliance between Croats and Serbs in Austria-Hungary for mutual benefit. A Croat-Serb Coalition was formed in 1905, and it governed the Croatian lands from 1906 until the dissolution of the Dual Monarchy in 1918. As Pejačević supported the ruling Coalition in its resistance towards the Hungarian request in 1907 to make the Hungarian language an official language on railways in Croatia, he was forced to resign.
	Aleksandar Rakodczaj (1848–1924)	26 June 1907	8 January 1908
	Pavao Rauch (1865–1933)	8 January 1908	5 February 1910	From the very beginning of Rauch's rule, the Croato-Serbian Coalition announced that it would refuse to co-operate in any manner with the new unionist ban.[19] After the Croatian Parliament had been disbanded on 12 March 1908, because of its refusal to co-operate and the insults it directed at the ban, Pavao Rauch ruled through decrees and civil servants. Despite all opposition predictions, Rauch remained in power for two years. On 5 February 1910, he received the king's letter of dismissal.
	Nikola Tomašić (1864–1918)	5 February 1910	19 January 1912
	Slavko Cuvaj (1851–1931)	19 January 1912	21 July 1913	He was appointed in January 1912, when anti-Habsburg sentiments were on the rise in Croatia, often manifesting in sympathies for Serbia and calls for creation of a Yugoslav state. Cuvaj tried to curb those trends by series of decrees directed at curbing the freedom of the press, limiting rights of assembly and local autonomy. This created a backlash in the form of strikes and demonstrations. Some young radicals even engaged in terrorism. Cuvaj himself was target of two assassination attempts in 1912.
	Ivan Skerlecz (1873–1951)	27 November 1913	29 June 1917	Skerlecz managed to reconvene the Croatian Parliament in Zagreb by 1915. The Croats made further demands for local authority, as well as unification of Croatia-Slavonia with Dalmatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
					Charles IV (1916–1919)
	Antun Mihalović (1868–1949)	29 June 1917	20 January 1919

Ban was also the title of the governor of each province (banovina) of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia between 1929 and 1941. The weight of the title was far less than that of a medieval ban's feudal office. Most of Croatian territory was divided between the Sava and Littoral Banovina, but also some parts were outside this provinces.

In 1939 Banovina of Croatia was created with Cvetković-Maček agreement as a unit of limited autonomy. It consisted of the Sava and Littoral Banovinas along with smaller parts of Vrbas, Zeta, Drina and Danube Banovina's. Ivan Šubašić was appointed for the Ban of Banovina of Croatia until the collapse of Kingdom of Yugoslavia in 1941. Šubašić was also the last person who held the position of Croatian Ban.

Following a brief period of self-rule at the end of World War I, Croatia was incorporated into the Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes in 1918, under the Karađorđević dynasty.

Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term start	Term end	Notes	Monarch (Reign)
	Ivan Paleček (1868–1945)	20 January 1919	24 November 1919		Peter I (1918–1921)
	Tomislav Tomljenović [hr] (1877–1945)	24 November 1919	22 February 1920
	Matko Laginja (1852–1930)	22 February 1920	11 December 1920
	Teodor Bošnjak (1876–1942)	23 December 1920	3 July 1921
	Tomislav Tomljenović (1877–1945)	2 March 1921	2 March 1921

In 1929, the new Constitution of the Kingdom renamed it Kingdom of Yugoslavia and split up the country into banovinas.

Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term start	Term end	Notes	Monarch (Reign)
	Josip Šilović (1858–1939)	3 October 1929	1931		Alexander I (1921–1934)
	Ivo Perović (1881–1958)	1931	1935
	Marko Kostrenčić (1884–1976)	1935	1936		Peter II (1934–1941)
	Viktor Ružić (1893–1976)	1936	1938
	Stanoje Mihaldžić (1892–1941/1956)	1938	26 August 1939

Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term start	Term end	Notes	Monarch (Reign)
	Ivo Tartaglia (1880–1949)	1929	1932		Alexander I (1921–1934)
	Josip Jablanović (1875–1961)	1932	1935
	Mirko Buić (1894–1967)	1935	26 August 1939		Peter II (1934–1941)

In 1939, the Banovina of Croatia was created with Cvetković-Maček agreement as a unit of limited autonomy within Kingdom of Yugoslavia. It consisted of the Sava and Littoral Banovinas along with smaller parts of Vrbas, Zeta, Drina and Danube Banovinas.

Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term start	Term end	Notes	Monarch (Reign)
	Ivan Šubašić (1892 –1955)	26 August 1939	10 April 1941	Last person to hold the title of ban.	Peter II (1934–1941)

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