Matija Gereb
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Matija Gereb or Mátyás Geréb was the ban of Croatia from 1483 to 1489.
Gereb is known to have participated in the retaking of Jajce from the Ottoman Empire along with Matthias Corvinus in 1463. Later, as ban, he defeated the Turks in a battle on the river Una in 1483.
Gereb is known to have built a castle in the town of Jastrebarsko, now known as Erdödy Castle after the household that later owned it. He died in 1498.
| Preceded by Blaž Podmanicki |
Ban of Croatia 1483-1489 |
Succeeded by Ladislav of Egervár |
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