Emerik Derenčin

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Emerik Derenčin
Imre Derencsényi
Ban of Croatia
In office
April 1493 –9 September 1493
Preceded by Ladislav of Egervár
Succeeded by Ladislaus Kanizsai
Personal details
Spouse(s) Ursula Zapolya
Parents János Derencsényi
Military service
Battles/wars Battle of Krbava Field (1493)

Emerik Derenčin (Hungarian : Imre Derencsényi, Croatian : Mirko Derenčin) was a Hungarian-Croatian nobleman remembered as the commander of the Croatian troops in the 1493 Battle of Krbava field.

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He was a member of the Derencsényi family from the kindred of Balog. [1] Prior to becoming the ban, Derenčin was the military captain of Senj, [2] and the ban of Jajce. [3]

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Derencsényi married Orsolya Zápolya, sister of Stephen Zápolya, the Palatine of Hungary. They had two sons and, probably, a daughter. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ Marek, Miroslav. "Derencsényi family". Genealogy.EU.
  2. ↑ Tomislav Maretić (ed.), Dragutin Boranić (ed.), Zbornik za narodni život i običaje južnih Slavena, Volume 29, Yugoslav Academy of Sciences and Arts, 1933, p. 30.
  3. ↑ Vjekoslav Klaić, Povijest Hrvata: I Treće doba, Book 1. Zagreb: Tisak i naklada knjižare L. Hartmana, 1904, p. 192.
  4. 1 2 Markó, László: A magyar állam főméltóságai Szent Istvántól napjainkig – Életrajzi Lexikon pp. 445-446.(The High Officers of the Hungarian State from Saint Stephen to the Present Days – A Biographical Encyclopedia) (2nd edition); Helikon Kiadó Kft., 2006, Budapest; ISBN   963-547-085-1.
Political offices
Preceded by
Ladislaus Egervári		 Ban of Croatia
alongside John Both de Bajna
1493 		Succeeded by
Ladislaus Kanizsai


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