Stjepan I. Lacković
Stjepan I. Lacković (German Stephan I. Laczkowitsch , Hungarian Lackfi István I ; † 1353 ) was Ban of Croatia , Slavonia and Dalmatia from the House of Lacković .
Life
Stjepan I. Lacković was the son of Ladislaus Lacković , a nobleman from Transylvania . He was Duke of Transylvania, a historical and geographical area in the southern Carpathian region , which at that time ( 14th century ) belonged to Hungary .
He was appointed Ban of Croatia , Slavonia and Dalmatia in 1350 . The Croatian-Hungarian King Ludwig I ("The Great") of Anjou gave him the Međimurje County , the northernmost part of Croatia , with the Čakovec fortress . The Lacković family ruled this area for the next 47 years.
Lacković had six children, including his successor Stjepan II , who was later also Ban of Croatia .
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SURNAME | Lacković, Stjepan I. |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lacković, Stjepan; Lacković, Stjepan I .; Laczkowitsch, Stephan I. (German); Lackfi István I. (Hungarian) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Ban of Croatia, Slavonia and Dalmatia from Lacković |
DATE OF BIRTH | 13th century or 14th century |
DATE OF DEATH | 1353 |