title: List of free royal cities of Croatia
text: # List of free royal cities of Croatia
  
  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
  
  * "Slobodni kraljevski gradovi i trgovišta". Croatian Encyclopedia (in Croatian). Retrieved 1 March 2015.
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