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Levin Rauch

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Levin Rauch de Nyék
BanofCroatia-Slavonia
In office
8 December 1868 (acting from 1867) – 26 January 1871
Preceded byJosip Šokčević
Succeeded byKoloman Bedeković
Personal details
Born(1819-10-06)6 October 1819
Lužnica,Croatia,Austrian Empire
(nowZaprešić,Croatia)
Died25 August 1890(1890-08-25)(aged 70)
Lužnica,Croatia-Slavonia,Austria-Hungary
(now Zaprešić, Croatia)
SpouseAntoniaGräfinSermage de Medvegrád et Szomszédvár[1]

Baron Levin Rauch de Nyék(Hungarian:báró nyéki Rauch Levin;6 October 1819 – 25 August 1890) was anAustrian-Hungarianpolitician and appointedBan of Croatia-Slavoniabetween 1867 and 1871. He is most notable for securing victory of the Unionist Party through changing the election law and terrorising those who were able to vote.[2]

Life

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His father was DánielFreiherrRauch de Nyék (1778–1831), while his mother was Erzsébet Farkas de Nagyjóka (1787–1858). His grandfather was PálFreiherrRauch de Nyék (c.1739–1815), colonel, who received on 6 April 1763 from Queen Maria Theresia the title ofFreiherr(orBaron).[3]His paternal grandmother was Anna Szegedy de Mezőszeged. Pál Freiherr Rauch de Nyék was promoted to major-general in 1765.[citation needed]

Rauch was a member of the unionist party that advocated an integration ofCroatiaandKingdom of Hungary.After theRevolutions of 1848,Croatia became aHabsburgcrown territory separate from Hungary, but when the Austrian-HungarianAusgleichwas signed,Austria-Hungarywas created and Rauch was appointed as the actingban(orviceroy) of Croatia on 27 June 1867. By this, the Croatian autonomy within the Hungarian kingdom was automatically abolished. During this time a newCroatian–Hungarian Settlementwas negotiated and put in effect by which Croatia reinstated some of its earlierautonomy,but also lost some other rights. Rauch was made the official ban on 8 December 1868 and remained in office until 26 January 1871.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^"Hungary Funeral Notices, 1840-1990; pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-11626-114316-77 —".Familysearch.org.Retrieved25 September2016.
  2. ^Sirotković & Margetić 1988,p. 148.
  3. ^"Kempelen Béla: Magyar nemes családok. 9. kötet. Rauch (nyéki), báró. (In Hungarian language)".

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