Berislavić family of Grabarje

The Berislavić family of Grabarje (Croatian: Berislavići Grabarski), (Serbian: Бериславићи Грабарски) also known as Berislavić family of Dobor (Croatian: Berislavići Doborski), (Serbian: Бериславићи Доборски), was a Croatian noble family from the Požega County of Slavonia.[1]

History

Ruins of Dobor fortress in Usora, owned by Berislavić family from 1463 until 1536
Ruins of strategic Dobor fortress near Modriča, besieged by Sigismund nine times from 1394 to 1410, destroyed finally by Austria in 1716

According to the family tradition Ban Borić of Bosnia, ruled from 1154 until c.1167, was an ancestor of the family.[2] The family is first mentioned in 13th century, and continuously can be traced since the beginning of the 15th century.[1] They are named after their estate of Grabarje near Podvinje and Garčin, with initial other estates in Požega County and Vukovar-Srijem County.[1]

The family was most prominent during the second half of the 15th and the first half of the 16th century. Members of the family served as Bans of Jajce, and titular Despots of Serbia.[3][4]

Notable members

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Nemeth, Krešimir (1983), "Berislavići", Croatian Biographical Lexicon (HBL) (in Croatian), Miroslav Krleža Lexicographical Institute
  2. ^ a b Karbić, Marija (2006). "Hrvatsko plemstvo u borbi protiv Osmanlija, primjer obitelji Berislavića Grabarskih iz Slavonije" [Croatia's nobility in fight against the Ottomans, an example of the Berislavić Grabarski family from Slavonia]. Historical Contributions (in Croatian). 31. Croatian Institute of History: 72.
  3. ^ Marija Karbić. Rod Borića bana: primjer plemićkog roda u srednjovjekovnoj Požeškoj županiji. Doktorska disertacija, Filozofski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Hrvatska 2005.
  4. ^ Karbić, Marija (July 2014). "Plemićki rod Borića bana, Slavonski Brod, Hrvatski institut za povijest – Podružnica za povijest Slavonije, Srijema i Baranje, 2013., 222 stranice" (PDF). Historical Contributions (in Croatian). Zagreb: Croatian Institute of History: 403–405.
  5. ^ "Berislavić Grabarski, Franjo", Croatian Encyclopedia (in Croatian), Miroslav Krleža Institute of Lexicography, 2013
  6. ^ C. Tóth et al. 2016, p. 141.
  7. ^ C. Tóth et al. 2016, p. 142.
  8. ^ "Berislavić Grabarski, Bartol", Croatian Encyclopedia (in Croatian), Miroslav Krleža Institute of Lexicography, 2013

Sources

  • C. Tóth, Norbert; Horváth, Richárd; Neumann, Tibor; Pálosfalvi, Tamás (2016). Magyarország világi archontológiája, 1458-1526, I: Főpapok és bárók [Secular Archontology of Hungary, 1301–1457, Volume I: Prelates and Barons]. MTA Bölcsészettudományi Kutatóközpont, Történettudományi Intézet. ISBN 978-963-416-035-9.

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