Berislavic
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Berislavić was a medieval Croatia
n noble family. According to a legend, they are descendants of Ban Borić of Bosnia
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The Berislavić family was divided in three groups (in accordance to their field of operation):
Stjepan Berislavić (Berislavići Grabanski) was a Serbian Despot
through his mother. He was executed by the Ottomans in 1535. Stjepan's heir Ivan Berislavić converted to Islam in 17th century.
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
n noble family. According to a legend, they are descendants of Ban Borić of Bosnia
History of Bosnia and Herzegovina
-Pre-Slavic Period :Bosnia has been inhabited at least since Neolithic times. In the late Bronze Age, the Neolithic population was replaced by more warlike Indo-European tribes known as the Illyrians. Celtic migrations in the 4th and 3rd century BCE displaced many Illyrian tribes from their former...
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The Berislavić family was divided in three groups (in accordance to their field of operation):
- Berislavići of Mala Mlaka
- Berislavići of Grabarje, they got their name from their land in Grabarje, near the Slavonski BrodSlavonski BrodSlavonski Brod is a city in Croatia, with a population of 59,507 in 2011. The city was known as Marsonia in the Roman Empire, and as Brod na Savi 1244–1934. It is the sixth largest city in Croatia, after Zagreb, Split, Rijeka, Osijek and Zadar. Located in the region of Slavonia, it is the...
, Croatia. - Berislavići of TrogirTrogirTrogir is a historic town and harbour on the Adriatic coast in Split-Dalmatia County, Croatia, with a population of 12,995 and a total municipality population of 13,322 . The historic city of Trogir is situated on a small island between the Croatian mainland and the island of Čiovo...
Stjepan Berislavić (Berislavići Grabanski) was a Serbian Despot
Serbian Despotate
The Serbian Despotate was a Serbian state, the last to be conquered by the Ottoman Empire. Although the Battle of Kosovo in 1389 is generally considered the end of the medieval Serbian state, the Despotate, a successor of the Serbian Empire and Moravian Serbia survived for 70 more years,...
through his mother. He was executed by the Ottomans in 1535. Stjepan's heir Ivan Berislavić converted to Islam in 17th century.
Prominent members
- Franjo Berislavić, Count of Jajce
- Ivan Berislavić
- Petar BerislavićPetar BerislavicPetar Berislavić , a member of the noble family of Berislavić, was the ban of Croatia from 1513 to 1520 and also bishop of Veszprém....
, Ban of Croatia (1513-1520) (Berislavići Trogirski) - Ivaniš BerislavićIvaniš BerislavićIvaniš Berislavić was the Despot of Serbia 1504-1514.-Background:Ivaniš Berislavić was a member of the House of Berislavić, a Croatian noble family from Slavonia, subordinate to the Kingdom of Hungary.-Life:...
, Serbian despot (1503-1514) - Stjepan Berislavić, also Stevan Berislavić, and titular despot of Serbia (1514-1536)