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Zrinski
Kingdom of Croatia (in union with Hungary)
Kingdom of Hungary
Founded1347[1]
FounderJuraj I Zrinski (although his uncle Grgur II Šubić of Bribir was the first lord of Zrin, acting on behalf of his minor nephew, Juraj III Šubić of Bribir was the first to call himself Zrinski)[2]
Final rulerIvan Antun Zrinski[2]
TitlesCount of Zrin[3][4]
Ban of Croatia[1][2]
Dissolution1703[1]

The House of Zrinski or Zrínyi was a

Bans of Croatia, considered national heroes in both Croatia and Hungary, and were particularly celebrated during the period of Romanticism
, a movement which was called Zrinijada in Croatia.

History

The Zrinski (

Krka and Zrmanja and the sea by the 13th century. At the outset of the 14th century, Paul I Šubić of Bribir was the longest-ruling Ban of Croatia (1275–1312), as well as lord of all of Bosnia (1305–1312). His son was Paul II Šubić of Bribir
.

Paul I's grandson was the first Zrinski, Juraj III. Šubić of Bribir, who, after the move to Zrin, took the title Juraj I. Zrinski [

Mary of Hungary and Jadwiga of Poland
.

Ruins of Zrin Castle, Croatia.

The Zrinskis were

noble families in the Kingdom of Hungary
.

In 1547, as the Ottoman threat to lands in the vicinity of Zrin grew, King Ferdinand I gave to Ban Nikola IV Zrinski lands in Međimurje County, in the northernmost part of Croatia, with its capital Čakovec, which the members of the family held for the next 145 years (1546-1691). Following the move, the family kept the name Zrinski. Because they lived, worked, and intermarried with nobility from all parts of the multiethnic kingdom, it was natural and expected that they should be fluent in four or five languages. It is certain, that Nikola Zrinski spoke at least Croatian, Hungarian, Italian, Turkish, and of course Latin. It is of interest that he was the most prominent Hungarian poet in the 17th century, while his brother Peter is known for his poems in Croatian.

Among the many notable personalities of the family, there were a few women.

Jelena Zrinska, was the wife of Francis I Rákóczi, the prince of Transylvania
.

The Zrinski and the Frankopan families were the two most prominent noble families in

Zrinski-Frankopan Plot
(in Hungarian historiography called the Wesselényi Plot), and executed in Wiener Neustadt. The estates of Zrinski and Frankopan families were confiscated and their surviving members relocated.

The remains of Petar Zrinski and Fran Krsto Frankopan were transferred from Austria to Croatia in 1919 and buried in the Zagreb Cathedral.

The last male Zrinski descendants were Adam Zrinski (1662–1691), son of Nikola Zrinski, a Habsburg Monarchy army lieutenant-colonel. He inherited from his father the large and valuable Bibliotheca Zriniana. He died in the Battle of Slankamen in 1691, accidentally shot in his back by one of his fellow soldiers. Ivan Antun Zrinski (1654–1703), son of Petar Zrinski and Katarina Zrinska, was Habsburg army officer, who was accused of high treason and died after years in dungeons.

Family's survival

Although was generally considered that the family became extinct, it still remains a matter of debate.[11] According to oral tradition, there was a Zrinski member, Martin Zrinski (1462–1508), who was hidden by the Habsburgs in a Venetian army as an officer of the cavalry in the 16th century and the Venetian Republic sent him as Martino Zdrin (or Sdrigna) to the island of Cephalonia in Greece where he eventually settled, and the family was recorded in the gold book of island's nobility as Sdrin, Sdrinia, Sdrigna, and Zrin. The family Sdrinias, with almost the same coat of arms as the Zrinski family, still exists in Greece and was accepted in the Croatian Nobility Association with the highest noble status.[12][13] The survival is supported by seven letters (two written by Maria Sdrin) and photographs from Greece signed by Contessa & Conte K. Sdrin and Conte Gerasimo N. Sdrini, and on behind Suvenire S. N. Sdriny Marsullela 7/20/6 1913. Madame Evangelini Tsimara Mavrata Ceffalonia.[11]

Bans

The family produced four

Bans of Croatia (viceroys
):

Legacy of Zrinski

Portrait of Nikola IV Zrinski by Oton Iveković.

Literature and theatre

  • Nikola Šubić Zrinski
    (famous aria U boj, u boj)
  • Eugen Kumičić: Urota zrinsko-frankopanska

Paintings

Zrinski family was often topic in the paintings of Oton Iveković.

  • Nikola Zrinski pred Sigetom
  • Oproštaj Zrinskog i Frankopana od Katarine Zrinske
  • Juriš Nikole Zrinskog iz Sigeta
  • Miklós Barabás: Miklós Zrinyi
  • Viktor Madarász: Miklós Zrinyi

Sculptures

Engineering

Navy

Holdings

Some castles which were propriety of the family. Some castles, like Dubovac, Kraljevica, Ozalj, Severin na Kupi and others were jointly owned with Frankopan family.[citation needed]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Obitelj Zrinski". ARHiNET (digital archive information system of Croatian State Archives). Retrieved October 28, 2017.
  2. ^ a b c "Zrinski". Croatian Encyclopedia by Miroslav Krleža Institute of Lexicography (online edition). Retrieved October 28, 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Von Zrin (Zrinski)". Arcanum Database Ltd. Retrieved October 28, 2017.
  4. ^ a b "Zrinski, Petar Graf". Biographisches Lexikon zur Geschichte Südosteuropas (online edition). Retrieved October 28, 2017.
  5. ^ Piotr Stefan Wandycz: The Price of Freedom: A History of East Central Europe from the Middle Ages to the Present, 2nd edition, Routledge, London, 1992 [1]
  6. ^ Dominic Baker-Smith, A. J. Hoenselaars, Arthur F. Kinney: Challenging Humanism: Essays in Honor of Dominic Baker-Smith, Rosemont Publishing & Printing Corp., 2010 [2]
  7. ^ Marcel Cornis-Pope, John Neubauer (editors): History of the Literary Cultures of East-Central Europe, Volume 1, John-Benjamin Publishing Company, Amsterdam/Philadelphia, 2004 [3]
  8. ^ Klaić, Vjekoslav (1900). Povjest Hrvata: Od Najstarijih vremena do Svršetka XIX Stoljeća. svezak drugi, dio prvi, by b2 p1, (in Croatian). Zagreb. pp. 101–103.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  9. ^ "Zrínyi (croato Zrinski)". Treccani - Enciclopedia Italiana (online edition). Retrieved October 28, 2017.
  10. ^ Klaić, Vjekoslav (1900). Povjest Hrvata: Od Najstarijih vremena do Svršetka XIX Stoljeća. svezak drugi, dio prvi, by b2 p1, (in Croatian). Zagreb. pp. 101–103.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  11. ^ a b Ivan Kosić (2012). "Bibliotheca Zriniana". Kaj: Literature, Art and Culture Periodical. 45 (4–5): 58. Retrieved June 29, 2018.
  12. ^ "Obitelj Sdrinias". Croatian Nobility Association (plemstvo.hr). Retrieved October 28, 2017.
  13. ^ "Posljednji Šubići Zrinski još žive u Grčkoj!" [The last Šubić Zrinski still live in Greece!]. Večernji list. June 4, 2005. Retrieved June 29, 2018.

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Timeline of feudal lords of Međimurje

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