Tamás Erdődy

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Tamás Erdődy gravestone in Zagreb Cathedral

Count Tamás Erdődy (Croatian: Toma Bakač Erdedi) (1558–1624) was a Croatian ban and member of the Erdödy magnate family of Hungarian ancestry.

He succeeded Krsto Ungnad as ban in 1583. He was the son of former ban Petar Erdödy. During his reign he scored many victories against the Ottoman Empire's armies. His first victory occurred near Slunj in 1584. In 1591 he freed the Moslavina region. When Ottoman forces tried to retake the area in 1593, the battle of Sisak ensued between the Holy Roman Empire's forces and the Ottoman Empire. The Ottoman troops lost, severely hampering their ability to expand further into Europe. For this victory Erdödy received congratulations from Pope Clement VIII and was knighted into the Order of Saint Saviour by Philip II of Spain.

He left his role as ban in 1595. However, he reclaimed it from 1608 to 1615. Erdödy died in 1624.

Preceded by Krsto Ungnad	Ban of Croatia 1583–1595	Succeeded by Gašpar Stankovački

Preceded by Ivan Drašković	Ban of Croatia 1608–1615	Succeeded by Benedikt Thuroczy

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Persondata
Name	Erdody, Tomas
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Short description	Ban of Croatia
Date of birth	1558
Place of birth
Date of death	1624
Place of death

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