| Kneževo | |
| Pushpin Map: | Croatia |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Croatia |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name3: | Popovac |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 19.0 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Total: | 485 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
Kneževo (Hungarian: Főherceglak, Serbian: Кнежево) is a settlement in the region of Baranja, Croatia. Administratively, it is located in the Popovac municipality within the Osijek-Baranja County. Population is 970 people.
Name comes from Croatian word "knez", meaning "prince". Alternative Croatian names for this settlement were: Državno Dobro Belje and Kneževi.[2] In Hungarian, name used for it is Főherceglak.
It was mentioned first in 1214 and was named Lak. Modern settlement was founded in the end of 18th and first part of the 19th century and was named Herceg Lak. School was opened in 1820. In 1905, settlement had 605 inhabitants. After World War I, it was named Kneževo.
Ethnic groups in Kneževo (1991 census):