Berislavić family of Grabarje

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The Berislavić family of Grabarje (Croatian: Berislavići Grabarski), (Serbian: Бериславићи Грабарски) also known as Berislavić family of Dobor (Croatian: Berislavići Doborski), (Serbian: Бериславићи Доборски), was a Croatian noble family from the Požega County of Slavonia, allegedly originating from Ban Borić.

Berislavići Grabarski coat of arms

History

Ruins of Dobor fortress in Usora, owned by Berislavić family from 1463 until 1536

Ruins of strategic Dobor fortress near Modriča, besieged by Sigismund nine times from 1394-1410, destroyed finally by Austria in 1716

According to the family tradition Ban Borić of Bosnia, ruled from 1154 until c.1167, was an ancestor of the family.^[1] The family was most prominent during second half 15th and first half of 16th century. Members of the family served as Bans of Jajce, and titular Despots of Serbia.^[2][3]

Notable members

• Franjo Berislavić (died in 1517), Ban of Jajce between 1494 and 1495, and from 1499 until 1503.^[4]
• Ivaniš Berislavić (died in 1514), titular Despot of Serbia (1503-1514), and Ban of Jajce from 1511 until 1513.^[5]
• Bartol Berislavić, Ban of Jajce in 1507.
• Stjepan Berislavić (died in 1535), titular Despot of Serbia, from 1520 until his death in 1535.