List of free royal cities of Croatia explained

This is a list of the cities proclaimed free royal cities in Croatia's history.

• 1209 – Varaždin – Granted by King Andrew II
• 1231 – Vukovar – Granted by Coloman of Galicia-Lodomeria
• 1234 – Virovitica – Granted by Coloman of Galicia-Lodomeria
• 1242 – Zagreb – Granted by King Béla IV via the Golden Bull of 1242
• 1242 – Samobor – Granted by King Béla IV.
• 1244 – Ozalj – Granted by King Béla IV.
• 1245 – Križevci – Granted by Ban Stjepan, confirmed by King Béla IV in 1253
• 1262 – Bihać (today in Bosnia and Herzegovina, was Croatian at the time) – Granted by King Béla IV
• 1356 – Koprivnica – Confirmed by King Louis I
• 1765 – Požega – Granted by Empress Maria Theresa
• 1781 – Karlovac – Granted by Emperor Joseph II
• 1788 – Hrvatska Kostajnica – Granted by Emperor Joseph II
• 1809 – Osijek
• 1874 – Bjelovar – Granted by Ban Ivan Mažuranić
• 1874 – Sisak

Sources

• Encyclopedia: Slobodni kraljevski gradovi i trgovišta. Croatian Encyclopedia. hr. 1 March 2015.