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==Croatia in the Habsburg monarchy (1527–1918)==
{{Main|1527 election in Cetin|Kingdom of Croatia (Habsburg)|Budin Eyalet|Bosnia Eyalet|Kanije Eyalet|Kingdom of Slavonia|Triune Kingdom of Croatia|Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia|Illyrian Provinces|Kingdom of Dalmatia|Croatia during World War I}}A decisive battle between Hungarian army and the [[Battle of Mohács|Ottomans occurred on Mohács]] in 1526, where Hungarian king [[Louis II of Hungary|Louis II]] was killed and his army was destroyed. As a consequence, in November of the same year, the Hungarian parliament elected [[John Zápolya|János Szapolyai]] as the new king of Hungary. In December 1526, another Hungarian parliament elected Ferdinand Habsburg as King of Hungary.<ref>{{cite book |author=Robert A. Kann |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cG570mijBF4C&pg=PA611 |title=A History of the Habsburg Empire, 1526–1918 |publisher=[[University of California Press]] |year=1980 |isbn=9780520042063 |page=611}}</ref>
 
The Croatian nobles [[1527 election in Cetin|met in Cetingrad in 1527 and chose]] [[Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor|Ferdinand I]] of the [[House of Habsburg]] as the new ruler of Croatia, on the condition that he contribute to the defense of Croatia against the Ottomans, and respect its political rights.<ref name="Povijest-saborovanja" /><ref name="frucht422" /><ref name="archive.org">{{cite web |title=R. W. SETON -WATSON:The Southern Slav question and the Habsburg Monarchy page 18 |url=https://archive.org/stream/southernslavques00seto/southernslavques00seto_djvu.txt |access-date=24 April 2012}}</ref> The Diet of neighbouring Slavonia, on the other hand, elected Szapolyai. A civil war between the two rival kings ensued, but later both crowns united as the Habsburgs prevailed over Szapolyai. The Ottoman Empire used these instabilities to expand in the 16th century to include most of Slavonia, western Bosnia (then called [[Turkish Croatia]]), and [[Lika]]. Those territories initially made up part of [[Rumelia Eyalet]], and subsequently parts of [[Budin Eyalet]], [[Bosnia Eyalet]], and [[Kanije Eyalet]].{{citation needed|date=August 2021}}
 
=== Remnants of the remnants ===
[[File:Hrvatski skolski muzej zemljovid 3 300109.jpg|thumb|250x250px|"Remnants of the Remnants" (''Reliquiae Reliquiarum''), shown on this map in yellow, represent the territory under the jurisdiction of Croatian-Slavonian [[Croatian Parliament|Sabor]] at the height of the Ottoman advance<ref name="enciklopedija.hr">{{Cite web |title=reliquiae reliquiarum {{!}} Hrvatska enciklopedija |url=https://www.enciklopedija.hr/natuknica.aspx?id=52389 |access-date=2022-05-03 |website=www.enciklopedija.hr}}</ref>]]
Croats fought an increasing number of battles, but lost increasing swathes of territory to the Ottoman Empire, until being reduced to what is commonly called in Croatian historiography the "Remains of the Remains of Once Glorious Croatian Kingdom" (''Reliquiae reliquiarum olim inclyti regni Croatiae''), or simply the "Remains of the Remains".<ref name="enciklopedija.hr"/> ABy decisivethe battlelate between16th Hungariancentury armyRemnants andof the [[BattleRemnants ofstretched Mohács|Ottomansat occurredaround on18200 Mohács]]km2. inThe 1526,eastern whereborder Hungariantowards kingthe Ottoman Empire went through the [[LouisPitomača]] II- ofRača Hungary|Louis- II[[Moslavina]] wasline. killedSouthern andborder histowards armythe wasOttoman destroyed.Empire Aswent a consequence,bit inbelow Novemberthe ofline the[[Sisak]] same- year,[[Petrinja]] the- Hungarian[[Karlovac]] parliamentand electedcontinued southwest towards the [[JohnAdriatic ZápolyaSea|János SzapolyaiAdriatic]]. asThe thewestern newborder kingtowards of[[Carniola]] Hungary.and In[[Styria December(Slovenia)|Styria]] 1526were rivers [[Kupa]] and [[Sutla]], anotherwhile Hungarian[[Mur parliament(river)|Mura]] electedand Ferdinand[[Drava]] Habsburgrivers asmade Kingfrontier oftowards the Hungary.<ref>{{citeCite book |authorlast=RobertBuntak A.|first=Franjo Kann|title=APovijest HistoryZagreba of the Habsburg Empire, 1526–1918|publisher=[[UniversityNakladni ofzavod CaliforniaMatice hrvatske Press]]|year=19801996 |pagelocation=611Zagreb |isbn=9780520042063|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cG570mijBF4C&pgpage=PA611288}}</ref>
 
The Croatian nobles [[1527 election in Cetin|met in Cetingrad in 1527 and chose]] [[Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor|Ferdinand I]] of the [[House of Habsburg]] as the new ruler of Croatia, on the condition that he contribute to the defense of Croatia against the Ottomans, and respect its political rights.<ref name="Povijest-saborovanja" /><ref name="frucht422" /><ref name="archive.org">{{cite web |title=R. W. SETON -WATSON:The Southern Slav question and the Habsburg Monarchy page 18 |url=https://archive.org/stream/southernslavques00seto/southernslavques00seto_djvu.txt |access-date=24 April 2012}}</ref> The Diet of neighbouring Slavonia, on the other hand, elected Szapolyai. A civil war between the two rival kings ensued, but later both crowns united as the Habsburgs prevailed over Szapolyai. The Ottoman Empire used these instabilities to expand in the 16th century to include most of Slavonia, western Bosnia (then called [[Turkish Croatia]]), and [[Lika]]. Those territories initially made up part of [[Rumelia Eyalet]], and subsequently parts of [[Budin Eyalet]], [[Bosnia Eyalet]], and [[Kanije Eyalet]].{{citation needed|date=August 2021}}
 
==== Amalgation of medieval Croatia and medieval Slavonia ====