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Kraljevina Slavonija Regnum Sclavoniae Königreich Slawonien Kingdom of Slavonia Land of the Crown of St. Stephen within the Habsburg Monarchy (1744-1804) then Constituent land of the Austrian Empire subordinate to the Kingdom of Croatia (1744-1849) ← 1744–1868 → Flag Coat of arms Kingdom of Slavonia in 1849 Capital Not specified Language(s) Croatian or Serbian, Latin, German Religion Roman Catholic Government Monarchy Historical era Early Modern period  - Established 1744  - Joined with the Kingdom of Croatia into the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia 1868 Currency gulden

Kingdom of Slavonia in 1751

The Kingdom of Slavonia (Croatian, Croatian or Serbian: Kraljevina Slavonija; German: Königreich Slawonien; Latin: Regnum Sclavoniae) was a province of the Habsburg Monarchy and the Austrian Empire in the 18th and 19th century. The province included northern parts of present-day regions of Slavonia (today in Croatia) and Syrmia (today in Serbia and Croatia). The southern parts of these regions were part of the Habsburg Military Frontier (Slavonian Krajina).

Contents 1 History 2 Population 3 See also 4 References 5 External links

[edit] History

The Kingdom of Slavonia was formed from the Military Frontier in 1745 as one of the Lands of the Crown of St. Stephen, and it belonged to both the Kingdom of Croatia, and the Kingdom of Hungary. After 1849 the Kingdom of Slavonia and Kingdom of Croatia were affirmed as completely separate crownlands (constituent lands) of the Austrian Empire. Following the 1868 Settlement (Nagodba) with the Kingdom of Hungary, Kingdom of Slavonia was joined with Kingdom of Croatia into the single Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia, which although it was under the suzerainty of the Crown of Saint Stephen kept a significant level of self-rule.

[edit] Population

The 1790 Austrian population census for the Kingdom of Slavonia recorded 131,000 (46.8%), Serbs 128,000 (45.7%) Croats, 19,000 (6.8%) Hungarians, and 2,000 (0.7%) Germans. The Kingdom of Slavonia in this time also included northern parts of eastern Syrmia mainly inhabited by Serbs, hence the number of Serbs in the Kingdom was larger than the number of Croats.

Other statistics show different numbers. In 1787. in civil Slavonia there were 265670 inhabitants, and in 1804./5. there were 286349 inhabitants, but from that number clergy and nobility were excluded. Ethnicity can be (disputedly) determined through religion Germans and Italians and catholic Slavs are mostly of the same religion, and some Croats were orthodox as well. Only men were in that census. There were: 74671 roman catholic, 68390 orthodox, 1744 calvinist, 97 lutheran and 160 Jews. Number of orthodox was higher in Syrmia, 32090 Orthodox and 12633 roman catholic. In other two counties of Slavonia: Požega and Virovitica, as in city of Požega roman catholic outnumbered Orthodox population. At that time colonization of Slavonia with people from other parts of Habsburg empire was just in the beginning so the vast majority of roman catholic were Croats, hence Croats outnumbered Serbs in civil Slavonia, although the Serbs were more numerous in Syrmia.

[edit] See also

• Slavonia
• Banovina of Slavonia
• Croatia-Slavonia
• Slavonian Krajina
• Kingdom of Dalmatia
• Timeline of Croatian history

[edit] References

• Peter Rokai, Zoltan Đere, Tibor Pal, Aleksandar Kasaš, Istorija Mađara, Beograd, 2002.
• Mladen Lorković, Narod i zemlja Hrvata, reprint, Split 2005.

[edit] External links

• Map
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