A History of The Croats - The Years 1102 to 1606 - Large Print by Ante Mrkonjic (Hardcover)

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This book provides a general overview of the Croatian people and significant political and military events and figures, within the Croatian territories and the wider regions, between the years 1102 to 1606.

Book Synopsis

The history of the Croatian kingdom is generally broken down into five dynastic periods. The first period focuses on the arrival of the Croats to south-eastern Europe under national rulers; to the establishment of their principalities, banates and kingdom; and until the personal union of the Kingdom of Croatia and Dalmatia with the Kingdom of Hungary under the Árpád dynasty in 1102. My first book, "A History of the Early Croats" focuses on the first historical period; along with the ethno-genesis and history of the Proto-Croats in Asia and Europe; and other Croatian states in Europe, including the emergence and subsequent fall of Bosnian kingdom to the Ottoman Empire in 1463.

The second historical period focuses on Croatian and related international events from 1102 to 1386. During this period, Croatia was ruled by kings of foreign blood. First it was ruled by the Árpád dynasty from 1102 to 1301 and the then by the Angevin dynasty (a cadet branch of the House of Anjou) from 1301 to 1386.

The third historical period focuses on events from 1386 to 1526. After the assassination of King Charles II of Durazzo (1385-1386), Sigismund of Luxembourg ascended to the Hungarian throne and, in an alliance with the Venetians, invaded Croatia with a strong army.

The fourth historical period focuses on events from 1526 to 1606 when the Kingdom of Croatia was ruled by the Habsburg monarchy until the end of the Croatian-Ottoman Hundred Years' War.

The fifth historical period of the Croatian kingdom, which continued to be ruled by the Habsburg monarchy, focuses on the events from the Peace Treaty of Zitva-Torok in 1606 to the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria in Sarajevo in 1914, which triggered a series of events that started the First World War.

This book provides a general overview of the Croatian people and significant political and military events and figures; within the Croatian territories and the wider regions, during the second, third and fourth historical periods of the Croatian kingdom.

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Preface

Introduction - Croatian lands until 1102

Family Trees of Ruling Houses and Leading Nobility

Rulers of White Croatia, Adriatic Croatia, Pannonian Croatia, Red Croatia, Moravia and Bohemia

The Houses of Kulinic and Kotromanic of Bosnia

The Rulers of Neretia

The Houses of Rascia

The House of Árpád

The Capetian House of Anjou

The Knezes of Krk and the House of Frankopan

The House of Babonic and the Knezes of Blagaj

The House of Gusic and Kurjakovic of Krbava

The House of Subic - Knezes of Bribir

The House of Subic-Zrinski - Knezes of Zrin

The House of Hrvatinic of Donji Kraji

The Houses of Balsic, Kosača and Jablanic-Radinovic-Pavlovic

The Houses of Snačic and Nelipčic

Croatia and the House of Árpád - 1102 to 1301

King Coloman - 1102 to 1116

King Stephen II - 1116 to 1131

King Béla II the Blind - 1131 to 1141

King Géza II - 1141 to 1162 and Queen Regent Jelena - 1141 to 1146

King Stephen III - 1162 to 1172

King Ladislaus II - 1162 to 1163

King Stephen IV - 1163 to 1165

King Béla III - 1172 to 1196

King Emerik - 1196 to 1204

King Ladislaus III - 1204 to 1205

King Andrew II - 1205 to 1235

King Béla IV - 1235 to 1270

King Stephen V - 1270 to 1272

King Ladislaus IV - 1272 to 1290

King Andrew III - 1290 to 1301

Titular Queen Maria and King Charles Martel of Anjou - 1290 to 1295

Croatia and the House of Angevin - 1301 to 1387

King Charles Robert I - 1301 to 1342

King Louis I, the Great - 1342 to 1382

Regent Elizabeta and Queen Marija of Anjou - 1382 to 1385, 1386 to 1395

King Charles II the Short of Durazzo - 1385 to 1386

Croatia and the House of Luxembourg - 1387 to 1437

King Sigismund of Luxembourg - 1387 to 1437

King Ladislaus of Naples - 1403 to 1414

Queen and Kings of the Croatian Kingdom - 1387 to 1437

Croatia and the Houses of Habsburg and Jagiellon - 1437 to 1457

King Albert I the Magnanimous - 1437 to 1439

King Vladislaus I Jagiello - 1440 to 1444

Ladislaus V the Posthumous - 1444 to 1457

Croatia and the House of Hunyadi - 1458 to 1490

King Matthias Korvin - 1458 to 1490

Croatia and the House of Jagiellon - 1490 to 1526

King Vladislaus II Jagiellon - 1490 to 1516

King Louis II Jagiellon - 1516 to 1526

Croatia and the Houses of Zapolja and Habsburg - 1526 to 1606

King Ivan I Zapolja - 1526 to 1538

King Ferdinand I Habsburg - 1527 to 1564

King Maximilian I Habsburg - 1563 to 1576

King Rudolf I Habsburg - 1572 to 1608

Index

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