Banovina of Mačva
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The Banovina of Mačva was a province (banovina) of the medieval Kingdom of Hungary, which was located in the present-day Mačva region of Serbia.
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[edit] History
The Banovina of Mačva was formed in 1274, when the region was included into the Kingdom of Hungary. Banovina was named after a town called Mačva, but the location of this settlement has not been clearly established in modern times. It is suspected that the town of Mačva existed a few kilometers down the river from modern Šabac.
Banovina of Mačva was ruled by several powerful bans. Hungarian king Bela IV granted authority over Banovina of Mačva to Rostislav Mikhailovich, a refugee Russian prince. In the 13th century, Bela of Macsóság (grandson of Hungarian king Bela IV) ruled Banovina of Mačva as well as Usora and Soli (areas across Drina river in today's northeastern Bosnia).
In the 14th century, the bans of the Gorjanski family (Pavle Gorjanski, Nikola I Gorjanski of Mačva and his son Nikola II Gorjanski of Mačva) which were under the Hungarian suzerainty expanded their rule not only to Bosnia but to Srem and the last one also became the ban of Slavonia and Croatia, which was also part of the Hungarian kingdom at the time.
With some interrupttions (the region of Mačva from time to time belonged to Serbian states), the Banovina of Mačva existed until the 15th century, when the region was conquered by the Ottoman Empire.
[edit] List of bans
- Rostislav Mikhailovich, ban of Mačva, a refugee Russian prince.
- Bela of Macsóság, ban of Mačva, a grandson of Hungarian king Bela IV.
- János Alsáni, ban of Mačva (-1360).
- Pál Alsáni, ban of Mačva.
- Pavle Gorjanski, ban of Mačva, 14th century.
- Nikola I Gorjanski of Mačva, ban of Mačva, 14th century.
- Ivan Horvat, ban of Mačva, 14th century (1379-1387)
- Nikola II Gorjanski of Mačva, ban of Mačva, since 1387.
- Ivan Morović, ban of Mačva (1397-?).
- Dezsö Bánfi of Gara, ban of Mačva (-1440).
- Imre Héderváry, ban of Mačva (1442-1445).
- Mate Morović, ban of Mačva (circa 1475).
- Nikola Iločki, ban of Mačva.
