Stefan Osmokruhović (german: Stefan Osmokruch, sr-cyr, Стефан Осмокруховић; 1665–died in 1666) was the great judge (de. ''Grossrichter'', sr. ''veliki sudac'') of the

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captainate, who in 1665 led a revolt of the

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soldiers in the

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generalate of the

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against the Austrian officers, after the rights of the frontiersmen had been compromised. A

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, Osmokruhović held secret meetings in the

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, in which many Serbs took part in. He was also supported by the judges of Koprivnica and Ivanica, Ilija Romanović and Nikola Vuković, and they all sent letters to the Austrian

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about the issues in March 1666. Appointed the commander of the Varaždin frontiersmen themselves and named great judge (''Veliki Sudac''), he claimed to answer to no one besides the Austrian Emperor, and sought that the frontiersmen's right to ownership of the land between the Sava and Drava be recognized, among other issues. Austrian

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Fra Johann Josef Herberstein (1639-1689) went to

and demanded that his candidate be accepted as great judge, but the candidate was murdered by the frontiersmen. The revolt was finally suppressed in 1666 by Herberstein, and Osmokruhović was

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