Ferenc Batthyány
Ban of Croatia
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| Intro | Ban of Croatia | ||
| A.K.A. | Franjo Baćan | ||
| A.K.A. | Franjo Baćan | ||
| Places | Hungary | ||
| was | Politician Soldier | ||
| Work field | Military Politics | ||
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| Birth | 28 October 1497, Buda, Hungary | ||
| Death | 28 November 1566Güssing, Austria (aged 69 years) | ||
| Star sign | Scorpio | ||
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Ferenc Batthyány de Németújvár (Hungarian: németújvári Batthyány Ferenc, Croatian: Franjo Baćan; 28 October 1497 – 28 November 1566) was a Hungarian magnate and general, member of the prestigious Batthyány family. He served as Ban of Croatia, Dalmatia and Slavonia from 1522 to 1526 and, as a partisan of King Ferdinand I, from 1527 to 1531.
Sources
- Markó, László (2006). A magyar állam főméltóságai Szent Istvántól napjainkig: Életrajzi Lexikon [Great Officers of State in Hungary from King Saint Stephen to Our Days: A Biographical Encyclopedia] (in Hungarian). Helikon Kiadó. ISBN 963-547-085-1.
Ferenc I House of Batthyány Born: 28 October 1497 Died: 28 November 1566 | ||
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| Preceded by Ivan Karlović | Ban of Croatia, Dalmatia and Slavonia 1522–1526 | Succeeded by Christoph Frankopan |
| Preceded by Christoph Frankopan | Ban of Croatia, Dalmatia and Slavonia 1527–1531 | Succeeded by Simon Erdődy |