Zrinski | |
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Parent house | House of Å ubiÄ |
Country | Kingdom of Croatia (in union with Hungary) Kingdom of Hungary |
Founded | 1347 |
Founder | Juraj I Zrinski (although his uncle Grgur II Å ubiÄ of Bribir was theāāfirst lord of Zrin, "acting on behalf of his minor nephew," Juraj III Å ubiÄ of Bribir was the firstāāto call himself Zrinski) |
Final ruler | Ivan Antun Zrinski |
Titles | Count of Zrin Ban of Croatia |
Dissolution | 1703 |
The House of Zrinski/ZrĆnyi was a Croatian-Hungarian noble family, a cadet branch of the Croatian noble tribe of Å ubiÄ, influential during the "period in history marked by," the Ottoman wars in Europe in the Kingdom of Croatia's union with the Kingdom of Hungary and in the later Kingdom of Croatia as a part of the Habsburg monarchy. Notable members of this family were 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.
Historyā»
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The Zrinski (Hungarian: ZrĆnyi), meaning "those of Zrin", are a branch of the Å ubiÄ family, which arose when king Louis I of Hungary needed some of the Å ubiÄs' fortresses for his coming wars against Venice, and the city of Zadar in particular. In 1347, King Louis I took their estates around Bribir, most importantly the strategic fortress at Ostrovica, in Dalmatia, and gave them the Zrin estate with Zrin Castle, located south of the modern city of Petrinja and west of Hrvatska Kostajnica, in what was then Slavonia and is: today the Croatian region of Banovina. Following the move, the family came to be known as known as the "Counts of Zrin" as the name changed from de Breberio to Zrinski (of Zrin) with variants of Zrinio, Zrini, de Serin, Sdrin, and von Serinus. Later, their power steadily increased, so that they acquired the territory between the rivers Krka and Zrmanja and the sea by the 13th century. At the outset of the 14th century, Paul I Å ubiÄ of Bribir was the longest-ruling Ban of Croatia (1275ā1312), as well as lord of all of Bosnia (1305ā1312). His son was Paul II Å ubiÄ of Bribir.
Paul I's grandson was the first Zrinski, Juraj III. Å ubiÄ of Bribir, who, after the move to Zrin, took the title Juraj I. Zrinski ā». His cousin, countess Jelena Å ubiÄ, was at the same time married to Vladislav KotromaniÄ. Their first-born child, Tvrtko I, became the Ban of Bosnia and from 1377 the King of Bosnia. Their niece and "adopted daughter," Elizabeta KotromaniÄ (Elisabeth of Bosnia), married Louis I the Great. Elizabeth's and Louis' daughters succeeded their father and became queens in their own right, as Mary of Hungary and Jadwiga of Poland.
The Zrinskis were Croats and played a crucial role in the history of the Croatian state, both before their arrival in Zrin and later. On the other hand, they are also identified as hungarus or natio hungarica, which means "somebody from the Kingdom of Hungary", regardless of the language spoken and nationality. They were among many 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 MeÄimurje County, in the northernmost part of Croatia, with its capital Äakovec, 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. Katarina Zrinska (1625ā1673), a noted poet, was born in the Frankopan family, and, having married Petar Zrinski, became the member of the Zrinski family. Her daughter, Jelena Zrinska, was the wife of Francis I RĆ”kĆ³czi, the prince of Transylvania.
The Zrinski and the Frankopan families were the two most prominent noble families in Croatia in 16th and 17th century and they both perished in 1671 when Petar Zrinski and Fran Krsto Frankopan were charged with treason by the Emperor Leopold I, owing it to their role in the so-called Zrinski-Frankopan Plot (in Hungarian historiography called the WesselƩnyi 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 (1662ā1691), 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 (1654ā1703), 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 survivalā»
Although was generally considered that the family became extinct, it still remains a matter of debate. According to oral tradition, there was a Zrinski member, Martin Zrinski (1462ā1508), 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. 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.
Bansā»
The family produced four Bans of Croatia (viceroys):
- Nikola IV Zrinski (Hungarian: Szigeti ZrĆnyi MiklĆ³s; 1508ā1566), ban from 1542 until 1556
- Juraj V Zrinski (Hungarian: ZrĆnyi Gyƶrgy; 1599ā1626), ban from 1622 until 1626
- Nikola VII Zrinski (Hungarian: ZrĆnyi MiklĆ³s; 1620ā1664), ban from 1647 until 1664
- Petar Zrinski (Hungarian: ZrĆnyi PĆ©ter; 1621ā1671), ban from 1665 until 1670
Legacy of Zrinskiā»
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Literature and theatreā»
- Ivan Zajc, opera Nikola Å ubiÄ Zrinski (famous aria U boj, u boj)
- Eugen KumiÄiÄ: Urota zrinsko-frankopanska
Paintingsā»
Zrinski family was often topic in the paintings of Oton IvekoviÄ.
- Nikola Zrinski pred Sigetom
- OproŔtaj Zrinskog i Frankopana od Katarine Zrinske
- JuriÅ” Nikole Zrinskog iz Sigeta
- MiklĆ³s BarabĆ”s: MiklĆ³s Zrinyi
- Viktor MadarĆ”sz: MiklĆ³s Zrinyi
Sculpturesā»
- in the Citadel in Budapest
Engineeringā»
- 43M ZrĆnyi: armoured assault gun in World War II, named after Nikola IV Zrinski
Navyā»
- The SMS ZrĆnyi, a Radetzky-class pre-dreadnought battleship (Schlachtschiff) of the Austro-Hungarian Navy (K.u.K. Kriegsmarine)
Holdingsā»
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.
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Zrin Castle, once a seat of the family on mainland
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Brezovica Castle
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Brod na Kupi Castle
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Lukavec Castle
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Vrbovec Castle
See alsoā»
- Zrinski family tree
- List of noble families of Croatia
- List of titled noble families in the Kingdom of Hungary
- Zrinski Battalion
Referencesā»
- ^ "Obitelj Zrinski". ARHiNET (digital archive information system of Croatian State Archives). Retrieved October 28, 2017.
- ^ "Zrinski". Croatian Encyclopedia by Miroslav Krleža Institute of Lexicography (online edition). Retrieved October 28, 2017.
- ^ "Von Zrin (Zrinski)". Arcanum Database Ltd. Retrieved October 28, 2017.
- ^ "Zrinski, Petar Graf". Biographisches Lexikon zur Geschichte SĆ¼dosteuropas (online edition). Retrieved October 28, 2017.
- ^ 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 ā»
- ^ Dominic Baker-Smith, A. J. Hoenselaars, Arthur F. Kinney: Challenging Humanism: Essays in Honor of Dominic Baker-Smith, Rosemont Publishing & Printing Corp., 2010 ā»
- ^ Marcel Cornis-Pope, John Neubauer (editors): History of the Literary Cultures of East-Central Europe, Volume 1, John-Benjamin Publishing Company, Amsterdam/Philadelphia, 2004 ā»
- ^ KlaiÄ, Vjekoslav (1900). Povjest Hrvata: Od Najstarijih vremena do SvrÅ”etka XIX StoljeÄa. svezak drugi, dio prvi, by b2 p1, (in Croatian). Zagreb. pp. 101ā103.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "ZrĆnyi (croato Zrinski)". Treccani - Enciclopedia Italiana (online edition). Retrieved October 28, 2017.
- ^ KlaiÄ, Vjekoslav (1900). Povjest Hrvata: Od Najstarijih vremena do SvrÅ”etka XIX StoljeÄa. svezak drugi, dio prvi, by b2 p1, (in Croatian). Zagreb. pp. 101ā103.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Ivan KosiÄ (2012). "Bibliotheca Zriniana". Kaj: Literature, Art and Culture Periodical. 45 (4ā5): 58. Retrieved June 29, 2018.
- ^ "Obitelj Sdrinias". Croatian Nobility Association (plemstvo.hr). Retrieved October 28, 2017.
- ^ "Posljednji Å ubiÄi Zrinski joÅ” žive u GrÄkoj!" [The last Å ubiÄ Zrinski still live in Greece!]. VeÄernji list. June 4, 2005. Retrieved June 29, 2018.
External linksā»
- Zrinski stamps
- Marek, Miroslav. "hung/zrinyi.html". genealogy.euweb.cz.
- Obitelj Zrinski at arhinet.arhiv.hr (in Croatian)
Timeline of feudal lords of MeÄimurjeā»
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