Bartholomew of Krk was a
Croatian nobleman, a member of the
Frankopan family
The House of Frankopan ( hr, Frankopani, Frankapani, it, Frangipani, hu, Frangepán, la, Frangepanus, Francopanus), was a Croatian noble family, whose members were among the great landowner magnates and high officers of the Kingdom of Croati ...
, who received the hereditary title of
Count of Modruš from
King Béla III () in 1193. This is the earliest certain example of an office being granted as a hereditary dignity by a
Hungarian king
This is a list of Hungarian monarchs, that includes the grand princes (895–1000) and the kings and ruling queens of Hungary (1000–1918).
The Principality of Hungary established 895 or 896, following the 9th-century Hungarian conquest of the ...
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Frankopan family
Modruš-Rijeka County
12th-century Croatian people
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