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.
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 | Ursula Zapolya |
| Parent | János Derencsényi |
| Military service | |
| Battles/wars | Battle of Krbava Field (1493) |
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]
Derencsényi and John Both were named the Ban of Croatia and Dalmatia and Ban of Slavonia in 1493.[4] In the Battle of Krbava Field, the Croats under Derenčin suffered a devastating loss, and Derenčin himself was taken captive and killed.
Family edit
Derencsényi married Orsolya Zápolya, sister of Stephen Zápolya, the Palatine of Hungary. They had two sons and, probably, a daughter.[4]
References edit
- ^ Marek, Miroslav. "Derencsényi family". Genealogy.EU.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Vjekoslav Klaić, Povijest Hrvata: I Treće doba, Book 1. Zagreb: Tisak i naklada knjižare L. Hartmana, 1904, p. 192.
- ^ a b 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.
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