Vladislava Kurjaković
Vladislava Kurjaković family, Kurjaković (c. 1303 – after 1346) was a Croatian noblewoman who was the duchess of Knin as the wife of duke Ivan Nelipić. She was a daughter of Kurjak Gusić family, Gusić, count of Krbava and a maternal niece of Ban of Croatia Paul I Šubić of Bribir. She was married to the Duke of Knin and Cetina Ivan Nelipić, with whom she had a son, Ivan Nelipčić, Ivan. Following her husband's death in 1344, she took control of her husband's possessions as her son's guardian and continued to resist the rule of the king in the north. A royal army numbering about 4,000 soldiers under the Ban of Slavonia, Slavonian ban Nikola Banffy eventually invaded her territories and besieged Knin during September and October 1344. Protected by significant fortifications, the ban was unable to storm the city, and instead pillaged the surrounding villages before mounting the hill Spas in a final attempt. Vladislava initially promised him she will submit to king Louis I of ...
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