Emerik Derenčin

Emerik Derenčin Imre Derencsényi
Ban of Croatia
In office April 1493 – 9 September 1493
Preceded by	Ladislav of Egervár
Succeeded by	Ladislaus Kanizsai
Personal details
Spouse(s)	Ursula Zapolya
Parents	János Derencsényi
Military service
Battles/wars	Battle of Krbava Field (1493)

Emerik Derenčin (Hungarian: Imre Derencsényi, Croatian: Mirko Derenčin) was a Hungarian-Croatian nobleman remembered as the commander of the Croatian troops in the 1493 Battle of Krbava field.

He was a member of the Derencsényi family from the kindred of Balog. Prior to becoming the ban, Derenčin was the military captain of Senj, and the ban of Jajce.

Derencsényi and John Both were named the Ban of Croatia and Dalmatia and Ban of Slavonia in 1493. In the Battle of Krbava field, the Croats under Derenčin suffered a devastating loss, and Derenčin himself was taken captive and killed.

Derencsényi married Orsolya Zápolya, sister of Stephen Zápolya, the Palatine of Hungary. They had two sons and, probably, a daughter.

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