NOBLEMEN from Croatia

Top 2

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Croatian Noblemen of all time. This list of famous Croatian Noblemen is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.

1. Nikola Jurišić (1490 - 1545)

With an HPI of 63.20, Nikola Jurišić is the most famous Croatian Nobleman.  His biography has been translated into 19 different languages on wikipedia.

Baron Nikola Jurišić (Hungarian: Jurisich Miklós; c. 1499 – 1543) was a Croatian nobleman, soldier, and diplomat. He is known for commanding a force of 700–800 soldiers during the Siege of Kőszeg against a much larger Ottoman army of 120,000–140,000 stopping its advance.

2. Branimir of Croatia (850 - 892)

With an HPI of 62.03, Branimir of Croatia is the 2nd most famous Croatian Nobleman.  His biography has been translated into 19 different languages.

Branimir (Latin: Branimirus) was Duke of Croatia, reigning from 879 to c. 892. His country received papal recognition as a state from Pope John VIII on 7 June 879. During his reign, Duchy of Croatia retained its sovereignty from both Carolingian and Byzantine rule and became de jure independent. His rule marks the first real peak of early medieval Croatia. It was characterized by establishing closer relations with the Holy See, ecclestical re-organization in the former Roman province of Dalmatia, Christianization, and (re)construction of churches. Branimir is mentioned, for the period, in many reliable primary and secondary written and epigraphic sources.