ss="apple-converted-space"> but from 1246 it was part of the Csanad County, and later part of the Csongrad County. Records also indicate that from the
year 1440 an area south of Senta called Peser was under the control of the Serbian despots. In the second half of
the 15th century there occurred a brief conflict, a small war of sorts, with
the rivaling community of Szeged.
Nevertheless, in the year 1506 Senta became a royal
free city, granted that by the Czech–Hungarian King Vladislav
II Jagellion. By that time Senta had a fort, a harbour and a catholic monastery. The peasant rebellions of
1514 did not include Senta in the wake of destruction. Although still under
administration of the Kingdom of Hungary in 1525 there was an autonomous Serbmilitia stationed in the fort.
Autonomous in terms of command since on the list of officers one can clearly
note that Serb units had their own commanding officers, most
notably MihailoKonjović and StevanBrančić. After the Battle of Mohács in 1526 Senta was no
