dead (1535) and the title was vacant. A charter of king Ferdinand, dated September 20, 1537, designates Pavle Bakić as the new Despot, and calles all Serbs to join and follow Bakić as the Serbian Despot. Attempts made by King Ferdinand to push the Ottomans out of the Banate of Slavonia and eastern counties (Požega County, Vukovo County), with the help of Pavle, were not successful. In 1537, Bakić did not manage to liberate Osijek from the Ottomans, he then retreated towards Đakovo, where he fell at the battle of Gorjani against the Ottomans. Mehmed-paša sent the head of Bakić to Constantinople. Family He married Teodora, and had two daughters: Margita, married Baron Menyhért Balassa Angelina, married Imre Révay, later Baron Imre Czobor de Czoborszentmihály. See also History of Ottoman Serbia References Sources 16th-century Serbian nobility 16th-century Hungarian nobility Despots of Serbia Serbs of Hungary 1537 deaths Year of birth uncertain