Kingdom of Croatia (Habsburg)
The Kingdom of Croatia (Croatian: Kraljevina Hrvatska; Latin: Regnum Croatiae; Hungarian: Horvát Királyság, German: Königreich Kroatien) was part of the Lands of the Hungarian Crown, but was subject to direct Imperial Austrian rule for significant periods of time, including its final years. Its capital was Zagreb. It was also a part of the lands of the Habsburg monarchy from 1527, following the Election in Cetin, and the Austrian Empire from 1804 to 1867.
Kingdom of Croatia | |||||||||||
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Map of Croatia, Dalmatia, Slavonia, Bosnia, Serbia, Istria and the Republic of Ragusa in the 18th century | |||||||||||
| Status | In personal union with Kingdom of Hungary (within Habsburg monarchy, Austrian Empire and Austria-Hungary) | ||||||||||
| Capital | Zagreb (1557–1756) Varaždin (1756–1776) Zagreb (1776–1868) | ||||||||||
| Common languages | Official: Latin (until 1784; 1790–1847) German (1784–1790) Croatian (1847–1868) | ||||||||||
| Religion | Roman Catholic | ||||||||||
| Demonym(s) | Croats | ||||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||||
| King | |||||||||||
• 1527–1564 (first) | Ferdinand I | ||||||||||
• 1848–1868 (last) | Franz Joseph I | ||||||||||
| Ban | |||||||||||
• 1527–1531 (first) | Ivan Karlović | ||||||||||
• 1867–1868 (last) | Levin Rauch de Nyék | ||||||||||
| Legislature | Sabor | ||||||||||
| Historical era | Early Modern period | ||||||||||
• Election of Ferdinand I | 1 January 1527 | ||||||||||
• Treaty of Karlowitz | 26 January 1699 | ||||||||||
• Pragmatic Sanction | 11 March 1712 | ||||||||||
| 15 March 1848 | |||||||||||
| 30 March 1867 | |||||||||||
| 26 September 1868 | |||||||||||
| Currency | Florin | ||||||||||
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The Kingdom of Croatia had large territorial losses in wars with the Ottoman Empire in the 16th century. Until the 18th century, the kingdom included only a small north-western part of present-day Croatia around Zagreb, and a small strip of coastland around Rijeka, that were not part of the Ottoman Empire or part of the Croatian Military Frontier. Between 1744 and 1868, the Kingdom of Croatia included a subordinate autonomous kingdom, the Kingdom of Slavonia. The territory of the Slavonian kingdom was recovered from the Ottoman Empire, and was subsequently part of the Military Frontier for a short period. In 1744, these territories were organized as the Kingdom of Slavonia and included within the Kingdom of Croatia as an autonomous part. In 1868, they were merged into the newly formed Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.