Count Teodor Pejačević of

Virovitica Virovitica () is a Croatian city near the Hungarian border. It is situated near the Drava river and belongs to the historic region of Slavonia. Virovitica has a population of 14,688, with 21,291 people in the municipality (census 2011). It is als ...

(24 September 1855 – 22 July 1928) was a

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n politician, member of Pejačević family, who served as Ban of

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between 1903 and 1907. He was born in Našice as the eldest son of

Ladislav Pejačević Count Ladislav Pejačević of Virovitica ( en, Ladislaus Peyachevich of Virovitica, hr, Ladislav Pejačević Virovitički, hu, Pejácsevics László; Sopron, Kingdom of Hungary 5 April 1824 – Našice, 7 April 1901) was a Croatian aristo ...

, a Ban of Croatia (1880–1883). His mother was the Hungarian baroness Gabrijela /'' Gabrielle''/ Döry de Jobaháza. He served as a long-term

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Virovitica County Virovitica County ( hr, Virovitička županija; hu, Verőce vármegye) was a historic administrative subdivision ('' županija'') of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia. Croatia-Slavonia was an autonomous kingdom within the Lands of the Crown of ...

. At the beginning of the 20th century, he was faced with a new direction of Croatian policy marked by political alliance between

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and

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for mutual benefit. A

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was formed in 1905 and it governed the Croatian lands from 1906 until the dissolution of the Dual Monarchy in 1918. As Pejačević supported the ruling Coalition in its resistance towards the Hungarian quest in 1907 to introduce the Hungarian language to be the official language on railways in Croatia, he was forced to resign. He also took part as the Minister for Croatia, Slavonia and Dalmatia in the Hungarian Government from 1913 to 1916. However, during

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he was interned in

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on 22 August 1914. After that he was substituted by the Prime Minister István Tisza. Pejačević died in

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. Among his children, the best known is his daughter Dora, a Croatian composer. In Croatian film '' Countess Dora'' (1993) he is played by

Tonko Lonza Tonko Lonza (29 September 1930 – 23 December 2018) was a Croatian actor. He appeared in more than thirty films since 1959. Filmography Awards * Vladimir Nazor Award The Vladimir Nazor Award ( hr, Nagrada Vladimir Nazor) is a Croatian prize ...

References

* Neda Engelsfeld: "''Povijest hrvatske države i prava: razdoblje od 18. do 20. stoljeća''", Pravni fakultet, Zagreb, 2002.
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Teodor Teodor is a masculine given name. In English, it is a cognate of Theodore. Notable people with the name include: * Teodor Muzaka III, Albanian nobleman who was born in 1393. * Teodor Andrault de Langeron (19th century), President of Warsaw * Teod ...

1855 births 1928 deaths People from Našice Croatian Austro-Hungarians Bans of Croatia Counts of Croatia Ministers of Croatian Affairs of Hungary People from Slavonia 20th-century Croatian nobility {{Croatia-bio-stub