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Banate of Macsó

1254 CE – 1496 CE (approx.) · capital Macsó

Hungarian banate south of the Sava around Mačva and Belgrade, a frontier province contested with Serbia for over two centuries.

Origins

Around 1254 Béla IV of Hungary created a banate in the Mačva region south of the Sava and gave it to his son-in-law, the Rus prince Rostislav Mikhailovich, who also held Bosnian lands.

Rule and society

The ban governed a mixed Serbian and Hungarian population from Macsó and Belgrade, guarding the southern frontier and the trade route to the Balkans. From 1284 it passed to the deposed Serbian king Stefan Dragutin as part of the Kingdom of Syrmia. Later bans were Hungarian magnates, notably the Garai family in the 14th and 15th centuries.

Decline and legacy

With the Ottoman advance, the banate lost its strategic role; the office lapsed in the late 15th century, and the region fell to the Ottomans, with Belgrade itself taken in 1521.

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APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). Banate of Macsó. In The Epoch Institute States Register. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/banate-of-macso
MLA
“Banate of Macsó.” The Epoch Institute States Register, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/banate-of-macso. Accessed .
Chicago
The Epoch Institute. “Banate of Macsó.” The Epoch Institute States Register. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/banate-of-macso.
Harvard
The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Banate of Macsó’, The Epoch Institute States Register. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/banate-of-macso (Accessed: ).

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