Matija Gubec

Matija Gubec
Matija Gubec statue in Gornja Stubica, Croatia.
Born
Ambroz Gubec

c. 1548
DiedFebruary 15, 1573(1573-02-15) (aged 24–25)
Zagreb, Kingdom of Croatia
(now Zagreb, Croatia)
NationalityCroatian
Slovene
Known forCroatian–Slovene peasant revolt
Matija Gubec statue in the large 1573 Peasants' Revolt monument in Gornja Stubica made in 1973 by Antun Augustinčić, a prominent Croatian sculptor

Matija Gubec (Croatian pronunciation: [mǎtija gǔːbets], Hungarian: Gubecz Máté) (c. 1548 – 15 February 1573),[2] also known as Ambroz Gubec (or Gobec),[3] was a Croatian revolutionary, and a leader of the Croatian–Slovene Peasant Revolt of 1573.[4] He was part of the court of three people that governed the rebels.[5]

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  2. ^ Švab, Mladen, ed. (1983–2009). "Gubec, Matija Ambroz". Hrvatski biografski leksikon [Croatian Biographical Lexicon]. Lexicographical Institute of Miroslav Krleža.
  3. ^ D. Birnbaum, Marianna (1986). Humanists in a shattered world: Croatian and Hungarian Latinity in the sixteenth century. Slavica Publishers. p. 39. ISBN 9780893571559.
  4. ^ Gaži, Stephen. A history of Croatia. Philosophical Library, 1973. p99.
  5. ^ Mal, Josip (2009). "Gregorič, Alojzij". In Vide Ogrin, Petra (ed.). Slovenski biografski leksikon (in Slovenian). ISBN 9788671310468. OCLC 479727275.