Ban of Slavonia

Ban of Slavonia or the Ban of the Whole of Slavonia (Croatian: Slavonski ban, Ban cijele Slavonije, Hungarian: szlavón bán, Latin: regni Sclavoniæ banus) was the title of the governor - ban - of a territory part of the medieval Kingdom of Hungary and Kingdom of Croatia.

In the Kingdom of Croatia, Demetrius Zvonimir was the only notable ban, under king Peter Krešimir IV of Croatia. In the Kingdom of Hungary, the ban of Croatia was appointed by the kings of Hungary, and there was at first a single ban for all of the Kingdom of Croatia, but later the Slavonian domain got a separate ban. It included parts of present-day Central Croatia, western Slavonia and parts of northern Bosnia and Herzegovina. The title started being held by a separate dignitary from the title of the Ban of Dalmatia and Croatia in 1225, and existed until 1476, when it was joined with the latter title.

According to the public law of the Kingdom of Hungary, the Bans were counted among the "barons of the realm" and thus they enjoyed several privileges connected to their office.

List of Bans of Slavonia

Under the King of Croatia

Under the King of Hungary

Bans of Dalmatia, Croatia and Slavonia

Bans of Slavonia

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  1. He was styled "prince and ban of Slavonia" (Encyclopedia of the Early Hungarian History - 9-14th centuries, p. 649).
  2. From the 1220s, several individuals commenced to refer to their clan in the official documents by using the expression de genere ("from the kindred of") following their name which suggests that the relevance even of distant kinship started to increase. See Fügedi, Erik (1986). Ispánok, bárók, kiskirályok ('Counts, Barons and Petty Kings'). Budapest: Magvető Könyvkiadó, p. 79. ISBN 963-14-0582-6

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