Grgur Kurjaković or Gregory of Corbavia ( it, Gregorio di Corbavia; fl. 1324–1360), was a Croatian ''knez'' (duke or countWilkinson, p. 271: "He was there joined by Stephen, Ban of Bosnia, with 10000 men ; and by the Counts Gregory of Corbavia *, Duino, and Bartolomeo of Segna, and all the other barons and chiefs of Croatia, except the Counts of Ostrovizza, Clissa, and Sardona ") of

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, one of the most notable Croatian magnates, in the service of the Hungarian kings. Grgur was a member of the

Kurjaković family Kurjaković (''de Coriach, de Curiaco, de Curiaci, Curiacovich''), also known as the Counts of Krbava (''comes de Corbavia'', hu, korbáviai grófok), were a Croatian noble family that originated from the noble tribe of Gusić. It formed at the ...

, from the tribe of Gusić. His grandfather was Kurjak (Curiacio), count of Corbavia. He had two brothers, Budislav and Pavao (ital. Paolo). At least since 1324 Grgur Kurjaković was in royal service, as knight of the court, župan of

Fejér County Fejér ( hu, Fejér megye, ) is an administrative county ( comitatus or megye) in Central Hungary. It lies on the west bank of the river Danube and nearly touches the eastern shore of Lake Balaton. It shares borders with the Hungarian counties ...

and castellan of Hasznos. Metropolitan Arsenije of Prizren, ''kaznac'' Baldovin, ''vojvoda'' Gradislav, ''župan'' Vratko, ''knez'' Grgur Kurjaković, ''stavilac'' Miloš, ''vojvoda''

Dejan Manjak Dejan Manjak ( sr-cyr, Дејан Мањак, 1333) was a nobleman in the service of Serbian King Stefan Dušan, only mentioned in a charter dated January 22, 1333, in which Stefan Dušan officially sold Ston and Prevlaka to the Republic of Venice ...

, Gradislav Sušenica, Nikola Buća, and archdeacon Marin Baranić, all signed the document issued by Serbian king Stefan Uroš III, dated 22 January 1325, for the sale of some maritime possessions to the

Republic of Ragusa hr, Sloboda se ne prodaje za sve zlato svijeta it, La libertà non si vende nemmeno per tutto l'oro del mondo"Liberty is not sold for all the gold in the world" , population_estimate = 90 000 in the XVI Century , currency = ...

. He is mentioned having stolen two ''katuni'' of Morlachs from his nephew Ivan Nelipčić."budući da se spominje da je tada krbavski knez Grgur Kurjaković oteo svojemu nećaku Ivanu Nelipiću dva katuna Vlaha (catunos duos Moro- lacorum)."; "nec non pro restitutione Moroloacorum, qui sibi dicuntur destineri per comitem Gregorium andetictem ... quod contra voluntatem ipsius comitis Johannis nepotis sui detinet catunos duos suorum Morolacorum" He married Margarita Nelipić. Grgur had a son, Grgur Kurjaković II ( fl. 1346), who also served the Hungarian kings.

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