NOBLEMAN

Nikola Jurišić

1490 - 1545

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nikola Jurišić is the 575th most popular nobleman (up from 633rd in 2019), the 102nd most popular biography from Croatia (up from 123rd in 2019) and the most popular Croatian Nobleman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1490, Nikola Jurišić ranks 16Before him are Francesco Maria I della Rovere, Duke of Urbino, Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda, Properzia de' Rossi, Ebussuud Efendi, Françoise d'Alençon, and Galvarino. After him are Marinus van Reymerswaele, John Taverner, John III, Duke of Cleves, Caspar Schwenckfeld, Mohammed al-Shaykh, and Juan Boscán Almogáver. Among people deceased in 1545, Nikola Jurišić ranks 12Before him are Elizabeth of Austria, Peter Faber, Sher Shah Suri, Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk, Francis I, Duke of Lorraine, and Charles II de Valois, Duke of Orléans. After him are John Taverner, Louis X, Duke of Bavaria, and Pietro Lando.

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In Croatia

Among people born in Croatia, Nikola Jurišić ranks 102 out of 700Before him are Herman Potočnik (1892), Momčilo Đujić (1907), Goran Hadžić (1958), Paul Neményi (1895), Marin Držić (1508), and Andrej Plenković (1970). After him are Mika Špiljak (1916), Antun Vrančić (1504), Janko Bobetko (1919), Herman of Carinthia (1100), Mirko Cro Cop (1974), and Josif Pančić (1814).

Among NOBLEMEN In Croatia

Among noblemen born in Croatia, Nikola Jurišić ranks 1After him are Branimir of Croatia (850).