Paul I Šubić of Bribir, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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Croatian nobleman and soldier
Date of Birth: 01-Jan-1245
Date of Death: 01-May-1312
Profession: military personnel
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About Paul I Šubić of Bribir
- Paul I Šubic of Bribir (Croatian: Pavao I.
- Šubic Bribirski, Hungarian: bribiri I.
- Subics Pál; c.
- 1245 – 1 May 1312) was a Croatian ruler and important member of the Šubic noble family from Bribir.
- He was the Ban of Croatia from 1275 and Lord of all of Bosnia from 1305 until his death in 1312.
- During the Hungarian Interregnum, Paul emerged as arguably the most powerful oligarch in the realm, playing a crucial role in the ascension of the House of Anjou to the throne of Hungary and Croatia.
- He successfully asserted sovereign rule over all of Croatia and Dalmatia, and from 1299, Bosnia and Hum, whose territories he distributed among his family members.
- He ruled from his seat in the fortified town of Bribir, where he erected, along with his castle, the three-aisled basilica of St.
- Mary inside the Franciscan convent.After the extinction of the Árpád dynasty, Paul had the Angevins brought to the throne, although their power over the land held by the Šubic was merely nominal throughout the entirety of their administration.
- Paul took extensive campaigns and significantly expanded his dominion eastward, over Bosnia and Hum, and also warred successfully against the Republic of Venice, taking the Dalmatian capital Zadar.
- He was the most powerful Croatian noble at the end of the 13th century and beginning of the 14th century.
- He also issued his own coin.His dominion followed a gradual decline after his successor and son Mladen II took over, and met its demise at the 1322 Battle of Blizna by a coalition of royal forces and the disgruntled nobility opposing Šubic rule.
- In the aftermath, most of the territories continued to remain outside the monarchy until around 1345, with most of the territories taken by the Nelipic noble family.
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