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CroatBan
An agreement Pacta Conventa (personal union) between King Coloman of Hungary and the Croatian nobility in 1102. It started the Union of Croatia with Hungary that would last until 1918
The agreement determined that Croatia and Hungary would be governed by the same ruler as two separate kingdoms. When he was crowned in Biograd na Moru, Coloman of Hungary promised all the public and state rights to the Kingdom of Croatia and some additional rights to the Croatian nobility. The Croats acknowledged Coloman of Hungary as the king of Croatia and Dalmatia and promised they would help him in war, at their cost on the Croatian side of Drava and at his cost on the Hungarian side.
The Kings of Hungary (Coloman and his successors) were invested with all the rights of kingship over the Kingdom of Croatia, which were the following:
* to appoint the ban
* to issue privileges and land grants
* to certify the laws voted by the Sabor
* to collect taxes and duties
* to own the "royal land" (terra regalis) of the extinct Croat royal dynasty
* to have supreme command over the Croatian army
* to make foreign policy.
The agreement determined that Croatia and Hungary would be governed by the same ruler as two separate kingdoms.
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