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Originally posted by zsolo
there is no Croatian treasury, no royal household. The highest administrative leader, the "ban" is appointed by the king
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I've been sitting back enjoying this debate when those words within your post struck me as being an excellent measure of medieval statehood.
While other posters have looked up dynasties, and parliaments, I think that your reference to administration might perhaps be the yardstick used in several of the debates regarding statehood within the Balkans and elsewhere.
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What zsolo forget to mention is that Croatian SABOR chose who will be BAN, and King then give his blesing and ofishly recognaise it that....And I belive newer in History was king of Hungarian blod or Hasburg one, sead "NO" to proposal of SABOR for ban ..they did take some time to confirm BAN .. some times as much to BAN day from age, or by "strange" events.
As same Sabor vas noth posible to name BAN withauth confirmation of that person ho cary title King of Croatia ..exept in this Story I will sead
History in late 14 ct on this teritory
In Croatia and Slavonia after deaf of King Ludovik I (1382)
start an rebelion as Big part of Croatian nobilty
( Slavonian nobilty is consider themself to be Croatian nobilty )
and some Hungarian ones were noth recognize his dother Maria for Queen.
The rebelion in Croatia and Slavonia was led by Brathers Horvat:
Horvat Pavao, bishop of Zagreb ( in Slavonia)
Horvat Ivanis, who was before be BAN of Macva and
Horvat Ladislav .
also some Hungarian nobels from Hungary yoin rebelion also.
They rebels sukced to bring to the trone of Hungary and Croatia and Slavonia
Karl II. But he was kiled in 1386.
Zigismund of Luxsemburg who mered Maria, almost completly end rebelion by defeting rebel Nobels from Croatia ,Slavonia and Hunmgary army in 1394.
But wen it was consider rebelion is finished
Herceg(DUX) Hrvoje Vukcic Hrvatinic yoin in as new leder of rebelion
and make more hard time to Zigismund of Luxemburg.
Rebelion did noth finished until 1408 wen Zigismund Luxemburg finaly Defeted Army of stil rebeld Croats Nobels and H.V.Hrvatinic army
But H.V.Hrvatinic caled Ottomans to protect hese land and him.
Ottomans comed. Make cheese of King Zigismund Hungary,Croatian and Slavonian army and rampage ower Croatia and Slavonia, take 30000 croats back with them into Turky as slaves
But before that as was rebelion stil on, Croatian Sabor ofer title of king to the Ladislav of Naples.
He agred and suport his new posesion for some time.
But as was rebell army crushed 1408 he sold all clames ower Dalmatia in 1409 to "Republic of Venice" for 100000 Ducats!
Venice come, get all biger coastal citys by peace , she get then that, what she was newer able to get by wars before.
Ofichaly politicl recognisation for having posesion in Dalmatia .
It sukcede to hold Dalmatia as it posesion until its end in 18ct.
this is one litle history story