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Serbian Vojvodina
Origins
As Hungary asserted its independence in spring 1848, Serbs of southern Hungary feared Magyarisation. A national assembly at Sremski Karlovci in May 1848 proclaimed the Serbian Vojvodina in Srem, Baranya, Bačka and Banat, elected Josif Rajačić patriarch and Colonel Stevan Šupljikac voivode, and set up a Main Board led by Đorđe Stratimirović.
Rule and society
The Vojvodina was a wartime administration rather than a settled state. Its forces, joined by volunteers from the Principality of Serbia, fought Hungarian revolutionary armies in bitter ethnic warfare across Bačka and Banat. The Serb leaders allied with the Habsburg court against Budapest, hoping for autonomy as a reward.
Decline and legacy
After Hungary's defeat in 1849, Vienna created the Voivodeship of Serbia and Banat of Temeschwar, an Austrian crown land run by German-speaking officials rather than by the Serbs. The name Vojvodina, however, became established for the region.
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Serbian Vojvodina. In The Epoch Institute States Register. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/serbian-vojvodina
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