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

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and

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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

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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 Magyarization ( , also ''Hungarization'', ''Hungarianization''; hu, magyarosítás), after "Magyar"—the Hungarian autonym—was an assimilation or acculturation process by which non-Hungarian nationals living in Austro-Hungarian Transleitha ...

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 ( 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 act ...

as acting ban.

References

Sources

Vlašić, Franjo
at proleksis.lzmk.hr

External links

Short biography of Baron Vlašić at Miroslav Krleža Institute of Lexicography Encyclopedia
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