Dora Pejačević (in old documents also Pejacsevich) was born in Budapest, a daughter of Croatian ban, Count Teodor Pejačević and Hungarian Countess Lilla Vay de Vaya, herself a fine pianist.
Her life is a subject of a Croatian biographical film Countess Dora (1993), directed by Zvonimir Berković and starring Alma Prica and Rade Šerbedžija [REF].