Count Teodor Pejačević of

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(24 September 1855 – 22 July 1928) was a

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n politician, member of Pejačević family, who served as Ban of Croatia-Slavonia between 1903 and 1907. He was born in

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as the eldest son of Ladislav Pejačević, 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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. At the beginning of the 20th century, he was faced with a new direction of Croatian policy marked by

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between

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and

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for mutual benefit. A Croat-Serb Coalition 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

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. 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.

References

* Neda Engelsfeld: "''Povijest hrvatske države i prava: razdoblje od 18. do 20. stoljeća''", Pravni fakultet, Zagreb, 2002.
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Teodor 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