Juraj IV Zrinski
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Juraj IV Zrinski (Hungarian: Zrínyi IV. György) (13 April 1549 – Vép by Szombathely, 4 May 1603) was a Croatian count, a member of the Zrinski noble family, and royal Master of the treasury from 1567 until his death in 1603.
Life
He was the son of
From his father he inherited a large number of estates, among which was the Međimurje County, the northernmost part of Croatia, with the large and strongly fortified Čakovec castle. He succeeded his father at the royal position of the Master of the treasury in the Kingdom of Hungary and Croatia, which held until his death.
In the time of growing and spreading
Like his ancestors and descendants, Zrinski took part in battles against the
On 29 May 1579 he granted privileges to the inhabitants of the Čakovec fortress and its suburbs. This was the starting point for Čakovec to become a free market town and the date is celebrated today as Čakovec City Day.
Juraj IV Zrinski was married twice with ladies from Arco family of Tyrol and Stubenberg family of Styria,[1] with whom he had four children. His sons Nikola VI and Juraj V (future Croatian Ban) succeeded him when he died in 1603. He was buried in Pauline monastery of Sveta Jelena (St. Helen) near Čakovec, next to the grave where the head of his famous father had been buried 37 years before.
See also
References
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