Ladislav Pejačević

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Ladislav Pejačević
Hermann Ramberg
Personal details
Born(1824-04-05)5 April 1824
Unionist Party
Spouse(s)Gabrijela née Döry de Jobaháza, baroness
ChildrenMarija
Teodor
Mario Marko Aleksandar
Parents
  • Ferdinand Karlo Rajner Pejačević (father)
  • Marija née Döry de Jobaháza (mother)

Count Ladislav Pejačević of

Austro-Hungarian Empire. He was the Ban (viceroy) of Croatia
between 1880 and 1883.

Biography

Ladislav Pejačević was the eldest son of Ferdinand Karlo Rajner /Ferdinand Charles Rainer/ (1800–1878) whose mother was Hungarian Countess Mária Eleonóra née Erdődy /monyorókeréki and monoszlói branch/ (1769—1840). His wife was Marija /Mary/ née Döry de Jobaháza. His grandfather Karlo III Ferdinand was the founder of Našice branch of the family.

On 25 November 1852 he married the baroness Gabrijela /

Theodore
/ and Mario Marko Aleksandar.

Pejačević entered politics as a young man, having become an assessor at the

Sabor - the Parliament of Croatia - elected him as Ban
of Croatia, and he stayed in office from 21 February 1880 until 4 September 1883.

As the reincorporation of the

Slavonian
Frontiers into Croatian-Slavonian Crown land was proclaimed on 15 July 1881, Pejačević was given the task to perform it. On 1 August 1881 he took over the administration of the former Frontiers.

On 24 August 1883 he quit after the Council of ministers in

Hermann Ramberg became the royal commissioner with Ban authorities. Ramberg was then succeeded by Károly Khuen-Héderváry, a Hungarian political hardliner, whose reign was marked by strong Hungarization
.

During his life, Ladislav Pejačević invested a lot to improve and enlarge business activities of his estates, and contributed to beauty and glamour of his castles, palaces and parks, especially the Našice castle. He died in Našice on 7 April 1901, leaving his property to his son Teodor.

See also

References

  • Rudolf Horvat, "Najnovije doba hrvatske povijesti", Zagreb, 1906.
  • Neda Engelsfeld: "Povijest hrvatske države i prava: razdoblje od 18. do 20. stoljeća", Pravni fakultet, Zagreb, 2002.
  • Magyar Életrajzi Lexikon

External links

Political offices
Preceded by
Ban of Croatia-Slavonia

1880–1883
Succeeded by
Hermann Ramberg