Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whanau ia ki roto i te whanau kaihokohoko Croatia whai rawa i Zagreb, a ka neke ki Vienna i te 13 o ona tau ki te noho ki tana matua keke. I te marama o Noema 1848, ka pakaru te hurihanga i Vienna, a ka whakakakahu te tekau ma whitu-tau-tawhito ki a ia ano hei tangata, ka uru ki te ope o te whare wananga. I mahi ia i roto i te pakanga i te huringa o Oketopa i Vienna, i muri i roto i
Te hurihanga o Hungary. I whara ia i te pakanga, i whakawhanuitia ia ki te taumata o te rangatira.