Franjo baron Vlašić (Austrian: Franz Vlassits; Hungarian: Vlassich Ferenc; 24 April 1766 – 16 May 1840) was a Croatian

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and ban of Croatia between 1832 and 1840. He began his military career in 1784. Vlašić obtained the rank of general in 1813. In 1831 he was appointed as military commander in

Petrovaradin Petrovaradin ( sr-Cyrl, Петроварадин, ) is a historic town in the Serbian province of Vojvodina, now a part of the city of Novi Sad. As of 2011, the urban area has 14,810 inhabitants. Lying on the right bank of the Danube, across the m ...

. Serbs in Petrovaradin considered General Vlašić one of their own. He became a ban on 10 February 1832. He resisted the

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of Croatia, especially the teaching of Hungarian in schools. During his rule the Croatian

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began with the

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. Following his death, he was succeeded by

Juraj Haulik Juraj Haulik de Váralya (, ; 20 April 1788 – 11 May 1869) was a Croatian cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church of Slovaks in Croatia, Slovak ethnicity and the first Archdiocese of Zagreb, archbishop of Zagreb. He was also acting Ban (title), b ...

as acting ban.

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