Hungarian crown, gave Hrvoje Vukčić Hrvatinić, in return for his support in dynastic struggle for the Hungarian throne with the Capetian House of Anjou, various estates and titles including the city of Požega and appointed him the comes of the Požega County. The decision was reversed in 1413 when he fell out of the king's favour. In 1432–1437, Ladislaus Tamási was the comes of Požega County. His son Henrik held the same office in 1443 and 1444 – when he also held equivalent posts in Virovitica and Somogy counties. In 1445–1447, the position of comes of Požega County (along with possession of the castrum and patronage of the Rudina abbey) was granted by the royal court to Palatine Lőrinc Hédervári. He was succeeded by his son Henrik, the Duke of Macsó. Henrik was the comes of Požega County in 1447–1450 and 1464–1472. The late 15th century and the early 16th century saw the first incursions of the Ottoman Empire in the Požega County. Periods of fighting were broken with stable periods of peacetime, each associated with a powerful comes of the county. Those were the Ladislaus of Ilok, Lawrence of Ilok, and Franjo Dessewffy. By the time of 1527 election in Cetin and the start of rule of the House of Habsburg, the Požega County became defunct as only three Croatian counties remained due to territorial losses to the Ottoman Empire – Zagreb, Varaždin, and counties. Namely, the territory of the county was lost to the Ottoman conquests during the Hundred Years' Croatian–Ottoman War, and the city of Požega was captured by the Ottomans in 1537. The Požega County was re-established in 1745 after Ottoman territorial gains in the area were reversed during the Ottoman–Habsburg wars. In 1920, by the Treaty of Trianon the county became part of the newly formed Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (later renamed to Yugoslavia). Since 1991, when Croatia became independent from Yugoslavia, the county is part of Croatia. Demographics In 1900, the county had a population of 229,361 people and was composed of the following linguistic communities: Total: Croatian: 124,207 (54.2%) Serbian: 58,905 (25.6%) Hungarian: 13,762 (6.0%) German: 12,965 (5.7%) Slovak: 1,245 (0.5%) Romanian: 269 (0.1%) Ruthenian: 181 (0.1%) Other or unknown: 17,827 (7.8%) According to the census of 1900, the county was composed of the following religious communities: Total: Roman Catholic: 161,883 (70.6%) Greek Orthodox: 59,332 (25.9%) Lutheran: 3,216 (1.4%) Jewish: 2,390