Biography Nikola Šubić Zrinski

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portrait of nikola Šubić zrinski oton iveković



a portrait miklós barabás



park dedicated nikola Šubić zrinski in center of zagreb


nikola born in 1508 son of nikola iii zrinski , jelena karlović (sister of future croatian ban ivan karlović) distinguished himself @ siege of vienna in 1529. in 1542, saved imperial army defeat before pest intervening 400 croats, service appointed ban of croatia.


in 1542 routed ottoman force @ battle of somlyo. in 1543 married katarina frankopan, sister of count stjepan frankopan ozaljski ( stephen frankopan of ozalj in english), placed whole of vast estates @ disposal. bore him many children, among successor juraj iv zrinski. king ferdinand gave him large possessions in hungary , croatia, , henceforth zrinskis–zrínyis became magyar croatian magnates.


as compensation battles ottomans, granted whole area of međimurje (muraköz) on 12 march 1546 king ferdinand, hence centre of zrinski family has moved zrin city of Čakovec (csáktornya), rearranged existing castle.


in 1556, zrinski won series of victories on ottomans, culminating in battle of babócsa , preventing fall of szigetvár. in 1563, on coronation of emperor maximilian king of hungary, zrinski attended ceremony @ head of 3000 croatian , magyar mounted noblemen, in vain hope of obtaining dignity of palatine, vacant death of tamás nádasdy. shortly after marrying (in 1564) second wife, eva of rožmberk (rosenberg), bohemian heiress, hastened southwards defend frontier, , defeated ottomans @ szeged.



the tomb of zrinski in Čakovec



sabre of zrinski @ exhibition in međimurje county museum on 450th anniversary of siege of szigetvár


in 1566, 5 august 7 september, small force (2,300 soldiers) heroically defended small fortress of szigetvár against whole ottoman host (102,000 soldiers), led suleiman magnificent in person. siege of szigetvár ended every remaining member of garrison, including Šubić zrinski, in last desperate sortie. suleiman magnificent had died cerebral hemorrhage 1 day before ottomans won battle.








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