Franjo baron Vlašić (Austrian: Franz Vlassits; Hungarian: Vlassich Ferenc; 24 April 1766 – 16 May 1840) was a
Croatian general
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and
ban of Croatia between 1832 and 1840.
In 1784 he began his military career. Vlašić obtained the rank of general in 1813. In 1831 he was appointed as military commander in
Petrovaradin
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. Serbs in Petrovaradin considered General Vlašić one of their own.
He became a ban on 10 February 1832. He resisted the
Magyarization of Croatia, especially the teaching of
Hungarian in schools. During his rule the Croatian
national revival began with the
Illyrian Movement
The Illyrian movement ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Ilirski pokret, Илирски покрет; sl, Ilirsko gibanje) was a pan-South-Slavic cultural and political campaign with roots in the early modern period, and revived by a group of young Croatian inte ...
.
Following his death, he was succeeded by
Juraj Haulik
Juraj Haulik de Váralya ( sk, Juraj Haulík Váralyai, hu, Haulík Váralyai György; 20 April 1788 – 11 May 1869) was a Croatian cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church of Slovak ethnicity and the first archbishop of Zagreb. He was also acti ...
as acting ban.
See also
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Martin von Dedovich
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Anton Csorich
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Adam Bajalics von Bajahaza
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Andreas Karaczay
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Paul Davidovich
Baron Paul Davidovich or Pavle Davidović ( sr-cyr, Павле Давидовић) (1737, Buda – 18 February 1814, Komárom) became a general of the Austrian Empire and a Knight of the Military Order of Maria Theresa. He played a major ro ...
References
Sources
Vlašić, Franjoat proleksis.lzmk.hr
External links
Short biography of Baron Vlašić at Miroslav Krleža Institute of Lexicography Encyclopedia
Bans of Croatia
Barons of Croatia
18th-century Croatian people
19th-century Croatian people
1766 births
1840 deaths
People from Dombóvár
18th-century Croatian nobility
19th-century Croatian nobility
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