Petar Berislavić (Trogir

Trogir

Trogir 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...

, 1475 - May 20, 1520), a member of the noble family of Berislavić

Berislavic

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, was the ban

Ban (title)

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 (viceroy

Viceroy

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) of Croatia

Croatia

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 from 1513 to 1520 and also bishop of Veszprém

Veszprém

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Petar was born in Trogir

Trogir

Trogir 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...

. Before he became ban he rose to the title of bishop of Veszprém in the Roman Catholic Church

Roman Catholic Church

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. He is most known for being one of the leaders of the Croats

Croats

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 during the Ottoman

Ottoman Empire

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 invasions into their territory. He is also said to have been an associate of the writer Marko Marulić

Marko Marulic

Marko Marulić |Split]], 18 August 1450 – Split, 5 January 1524) was a Croatian national poet and Christian humanist, known as the Crown of the Croatian Medieval Age and the father of the Croatian Renaissance. He signed his works as Marko Marulić Splićanin , Marko Pečenić, Marcus Marulus ...

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Petar had two decisive victories against the Ottoman force. The first in 1513 near Dubica and the second in 1518 near Jajce

Jajce

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. In 1520 he was killed and beheaded near Bihać

Bihac

Bihać is a city and municipality on the river Una in the north-western part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, in the Bosanska Krajina region. Bihać is located in the Una-Sana Canton in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.-History:...

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