Count Petar Pejačević of Virovitica

Virovitica

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(Croatian

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: grof Petar Pejačević Virovitički, Hungarian

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: verőczei gróf Péter Pejacsevich; 20 February 1804 – 15 April 1887) was a Croatia

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n politician, who served as Hungarian Minister without portfolio of Croatian Affairs between 1871 and 1876. He was a member of the Ruma

Ruma

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-Retfala branch of the Pejačević noble family

House of Pejačević

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Pejačević studied law in the Theresianum

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 in Vienna

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. In 1845 he was appointed prefect (župan

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) of Bjelovar-Križevci County. During the Hungarian Revolution of 1848

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 he didn't support the Croatians' independence war and didn't take part in the Sabor's work, which stood by Josip Jelačić

Josip Jelacic

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When Koloman Bedeković

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 became Ban of Croatia, Pejačević was appointed Minister of Croatian Affairs. After that he retired from the politics. His relatives from the Našice

Našice

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 branch of the family, count Ladislav Pejačević

Ladislav Pejačević

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 between 1880 and 1883, and Teodor Pejačević

Teodor Pejačević

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 between 1903 and 1907, served as Bans (viceroys) of Croatia. Teodor was also Minister of Croatian Affairs later.