Officers: prévôtés, bailiwicks, seneschals · Kingdom of Croatia and Dalmatia · as at first light, 1 January 1200

Garić and Dubica

Between Zagreb and Križevci counties and the Sava lie smaller castle districts.

Garić, a castle in the Moslavina hills (Moslavačka gora) between Čazma and Kutina, gives its name to a district between the Česma, the Lonja and the Ilova. Dubica, on the lower Una where it meets the Sava, holds the river crossing toward the Bosnian lands, on both banks of the Una. Both were royal districts in the 13th century; how far they were already separate counties under their own ispáns in 1200 is not pinned, and they may still have been part of the great counties of Zagreb and Križevci.

The Babonić kindred's oldest estate, Vodica, lay near Dubica (Babonići).

Who he is

Title
Ispáns or castellans of Garić and Dubica
Confidence
low

No ispán or castellan of these districts is named for 1199-1200 in the sources used here; the districts appear as counties in 13th-century charters. Their existence as separate counties by 1200 is not pinned.

Overlord

The king, through the ban

What it holds

  • Garić castle and the Moslavina hills.
  • The Dubica crossing of the Una and its land on both banks.

How it was acquired

Royal districts.

Allies and rivals

The Babonići near Dubica; the bishop of Zagreb's Čazma north of Garić.

How things stand that morning

Royal ground under the ban; officers not named.

Wealth

Pigs and timber of the oak forests, the Sava and Una crossings and their tolls.

Military

Garić castle; the Una crossing at Dubica.

Threats

  • The Bosnian border south of the Sava (no raiding recorded that winter).

Places of note

  • Garić castle: Royal castle in the Moslavina hills (coordinates approximate).

Where the sources disagree

Evidence: Districts known from later 13th-century charters; nothing is pinned for 1200.

On the map: Districts drawn from their later extent; in 1200 they may have been parts of the great counties.

Primary sources for Croatia and Dalmatia

Chronicles, registers, sagas and inscriptions written in or near 1200 that cover this entry. Each has its own page with editions, translations and where to read it.

Sources and studies

  1. Slavonija (Hrvatska enciklopedija)
  2. Babonići (Hrvatska enciklopedija)

Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.