Juraj V Zrinski (January 31, 1599 – December 28, 1626) was a Croatian Ban

Ban (title)

Ban was a title used in several states in central and south-eastern Europe between the 7th century and the 20th century.-Etymology:The word ban has entered the English language probably as a borrowing from South Slavic ban, meaning "lord, master; ruler". The Slavic word is probably borrowed from...

 (viceroy), warrior and member of the Zrinski

Zrinski

The Zrinski family was a Croatian noble family, influential during the period in history marked by the Ottoman wars in Europe in the Kingdom of Croatia and Hungary and in the later Austro-Hungarian Empire...

 noble family.

Biography

Juraj V Zrinski was born in Čakovec

Cakovec

Čakovec is a city in northern Croatia, located around 90 kilometres north of Zagreb, the Croatian capital. Čakovec is both the county seat and largest city of Međimurje County, the northernmost, smallest and most densely populated Croatian county.-Population:...

, a town in the Međimurje County, the northernmost county of Croatia

Croatia

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. He was the grandson of one of the greatest Croatian Ban

Ban of Croatia

Ban of Croatia was the title of local rulers and after 1102 viceroys of Croatia. From earliest periods of Croatian state, some provinces were ruled by Bans as a rulers representative and supreme military commander. In the 18th century, Croatian bans eventually become chief government officials in...

, Nikola Šubić Zrinski

Nikola Šubic Zrinski

Nikola Šubić Zrinski , was a Croatian nobleman and general in service of Habsburg Monarchy, ban of Croatia from 1542 to 1556, and member of the Zrinski noble family...

, who died in the tragic and heroic Siege of Szigetvár , at a town in the western Hungary where the Ottoman

Ottoman Empire

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 invasion to Vienna

Vienna

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 had been stopped.

He was the son of Count Juraj IV Zrinski

Juraj IV Zrinski

Juraj IV Zrinski , , was a Croatian count, a member of the Zrinski noble family.-Life:...

, main royal treasurer

Treasurer (Kingdom of Hungary)

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 in the Kingdom of Croatia and Hungary

Croatia in personal union with Hungary

Kingdom of Croatia after the succession crisis become a part of Kingdom of Hungary and — depending on sources — either was incorporated into Hungary or Croatia existed in a personal union with Hungary....

, and Countess Sofija Zrinski née

NEE

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 Stubenberg. Educated in Protestantism

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, he later turned to Catholicism

Catholicism

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 and "purified" his estates from Lutheranism

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.

On November 15, 1622, Zrinski was appointed Ban of Croatia

Ban of Croatia

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. At that time, he was widely recognized as a brave and courageous warrior. He fought the Turks

Ottoman Turks

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 in many battles.

His wife Magdalena née Széchy bore him two children: Nikola Zrinski and Petar Zrinski

Petar Zrinski

Petar Zrinski was a Croatian Ban and writer. A member of the Zrinski noble family, he was noted for his role in the attempted Croatian-Hungarian rebellion of 1664-1670 which ultimately led to his execution for high treason.-Zrinski family:Petar Zrinski was born in Vrbovec, a small town near...

, who both later became distinguished Croatian bans and died a violent death.

Juraj Zrinski died in a military camp near Bratislava

Bratislava

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, Slovakia

Slovakia

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, during the Thirty Years' War

Thirty Years' War

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. His chivalry and rapier-tonguedness were, unfortunately, a thorn in his superior's, general Albrecht von Wallenstein

Albrecht von Wallenstein

Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von Wallenstein , actually von Waldstein, was a Bohemian soldier and politician, who offered his services, and an army of 30,000 to 100,000 men during the Danish period of the Thirty Years' War , to the Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II...

's, side and von Wallenstein had Zrinski poisoned after a verbal duel in 1626. At an age of only 27, the ban was buried in Pauline

Paulists

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 monastery of Sveta Jelena

Sveta Jelena

Sveta Jelena is a historic medieval site in Međimurje County, northern Croatia.Originally a distinct settlement, Sveta Jelena is part of the Šenkovec municipality, about two kilometres away from Čakovec to the north. The site is well known for its Pauline monastery of Sveta Jelena and associated...

(St. Helen in English) near Čakovec, next to the graves of his ancestors.

External links

• http://genealogy.euweb.cz/hung/zrinyi.html