Matthias Geréb (, ) was the ban of

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from 1483 to 1489. He was the son of John Geréb de Vingárt (Hungarian branch of the Croatian House of Kačić), who was a

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, and

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from the

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. Geréb is known to have participated in the retaking of Jajce from the

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along with

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in 1463. Later, as ban, he also defeated the Ottomans in the

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in 1483. Geréb is known to have built a castle in the town of

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, now known as

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Castle after the household

that later owned it. He died in 1489.

References

1498 deaths Bans of Croatia Year of birth unknown 15th-century Hungarian nobility 15th-century Croatian nobility {{Europe-noble-stub