monarch death_date nationality birth_date term_end alma_mater death_place imagesize profession term_start image name occupation relations birth_place party office successor primeminister article_title
franz joseph i of austria 18 november 1908 croat 1840 1885 eötvös loránd university jastrebarsko , croatia-slavonia , austria-hungary 220px lawyer 1881 david starčević.jpg david starčević politician ante -rrb- starčević -lrb- uncle -rrb- mile starčević -lrb- cousin Žitnik , gospić , croatia-slavonia , austrian empire party of rights leader of the opposition josip frank károly khuen-héderváry károly khuen-héderváry david starčević

david starčević

david starčević -lrb- 1840 - 1908 -rrb- was croatian politician and prominent member of the party of rights .
starčević was born in Žitnik near gospić in 1840 .
he is nephew of ante starčević , one of the most significant croatian politicians who was one of the founders of the party of rights .
he attended gymnasium in zagreb , but in 1871 he was expelled due to suspicion that he was involved in the rakovica revolt , started by other founder of the party of rights , eugen kvaternik .
after he was expelled from the zagreb gymnasium , he attended eötvös loránd university in budapest and gained doctorate in law .
in 1873 he started to work as a lawyer in jastrebarsko .
he become one of the most active members of the party of rights after party 's activity was renews again in 1878 .
in 1881 he gained seat in `` sabor '' , croatian parliament .
he was fierce opponent of károly khuen-héderváry , who was at the time ban of croatia which made him the most popular in the opposition .
on 5 october 1885 he attacked héderváry by grabbing his neck and one of his party colleagues kicked him in his breeches .
the event was very popular in croatia and starčević boasted with this action .
héderváry denied such event and starčević was sentenced for six months in prison because of slander , starčević was also expelled from parliament .
after conflict in the party of rights , he joined to the `` fatherland faction '' -lrb- `` domovinaši '' -rrb- led by fran folnegović , but in 1895 he joined pure party of rights led by josip frank ; the faction was called `` frankovci '' .
soon , starčević left the political life .
he died in jastrebarsko on 18 november 1908 .
