Lawrence of Ilok | |
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Born | 1459 |
Died | 1524 |
Title | Voivode (Duke) |
Known for | Ban of Macsó, Voivode (Duke) of Bosnia, Ban of Belgrade, member of the Royal Chamber Council, royal judge etc. |
Residence | Ilok, Kingdom of Hungary-Croatia |
Predecessor | Nicholas of Ilok |
Spouse(s) | 1) Catherine Pongrác of Dengeleg 2) Magdalene Bakóci |
Lawrence of Ilok (Croatian: Lovro Iločki, Hungarian: Újlaki Lőrinc; c. August 1459 – c. June 1524) was a Croatian-Hungarian nobleman, a member of the Iločki noble family, very wealthy and powerful in the Kingdom of Hungary-Croatia. He held the title "Voivode (Duke) of Ilok" and Voivode of Bosnia, and was during his life Ban of Macsó (1477 – 1492), Ban of Belgrade (1511 – 1513), member of the Royal Chamber Council (around 1516) and royal judge (1517 – 1524).
He was born between 6 August and 3 September 1459. The son of Nicholas of Ilok, Ban (viceroy) of Croatia, Voivode of Transylvania as well as titular King of Bosnia, and his second wife Dorothy Széchy of Gornja Lendava, Lawrence was born most probably in Ilok, the family seat, as a descendant of once lower-nobility-family from Dubica County in Lower Slavonia, whose first known member was Gug (in some sources Göge), who had lived in the 13th century. He was the third in a row to have carried the name Lawrence in his family; his great-great-great-grandfather was Lawrence I, called Slaven (English: The Slav, Latin: Sclavus), Hungarian: Tót), who died in 1349, and the nephew of the latter was named Lawrence II (floruit 1325-1367).