baron Andrew Both de Bajna ( hr, Andrija Bot od Bajne, hu, bajnai Both András ; ? – 13 September 1511) was a Hungarian nobleman from the

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, who served as

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repeatedly. He is a member of the Black Army of king

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. He won the battle of

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(1474). He is quoted in 1483 as főispán (''supremus comes'') of

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and Zemplén. He was also count of Zala, governor of the fortress and city of

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(1489), Captain of the cities of

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and ''Montigrecensis'', of the

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, etc. He is Ban of Croatia from 1487 to 1490, Ban of Croatia, Slavonia and Dalmatia (''regnorum Dalm. Croat. et Sclauoniae banus'') in 1482, from 1504 to 1507 then again from 1510 to 1511 where he died in fonction.''Archiv für österreichische Geschichte'', Volume 3, Par Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien. Historische Commission, 1849, Wien His brother, John Both de Bajna also acted as ban in 1493. He spoused Anna Csák.

References

1511 deaths Bans of Croatia Hungarian nobility

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