Starčević was born in the village of Žitnik near Gospić, a small town in the Military Frontier within Austria-Hungary, to a family of a Croat Catholic father and a Serb Orthodox mother.
Starčević was born in the village of Žitnik near Gospić to a family of a Croat Catholic father. Starčević was born in the village of Žitnik near Gospić to a family of a Serb Orthodox mother. Gospić was a small town in the Military Frontier within Austria-Hungary.