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''Dux totius Sclavoniae'' (''Duke of Whole Slavonia''), also known as ''Duke of Croatia and Dalmatia'', was a title<br>usually bestowed upon heirs and other younger sons (or relatives) of the monarchs of Hungary and Croatia (13th-15th century). <!-- Dukes of Slavonia were fundamentally royal Bans/Viceroys of Croatian kingdom in such a way that the function of the Duke was in essence the same thing a Ban/Viceroy would do in the absence of royally appointed Duke. The term "Whole Slavonia" (Slavonia being a name from a Hungarian perspective) encompassed the entire territory from the Drava river down to the Adriatic Sea i.e. Croatian kingdom.  -->
''Dux totius Sclavoniae'' (''Duke of Whole Slavonia''), also known as ''Duke of Croatia and Dalmatia'', was a title<br>usually bestowed upon heirs and other younger sons (or relatives) of the monarchs of Hungary and Croatia (13th-15th century). <!-- Dukes of Slavonia were fundamentally royal Bans/Viceroys of Croatian kingdom in such a way that the function of the Duke was in essence the same thing a Ban/Viceroy would do in the absence of royally appointed Duke. The term "Whole Slavonia" (Slavonia being an exonym i.e. from a Hungarian perspective) encompassed the entire territory from the Drava river down to the Adriatic Sea i.e. Croatian-Dalmatian kingdom.  -->


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Dux totius Sclavoniae (Duke of Whole Slavonia), also known as Duke of Croatia and Dalmatia, was a title
usually bestowed upon heirs and other younger sons (or relatives) of the monarchs of Hungary and Croatia (13th-15th century).