Count Franjo Frankopan Cetinski ( la, Franciscus Frangepanus, hu, Ferenc Frangepán, died 1543) was a

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n nobleman and

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. Frankopan was the son of knez (prince) Ivan Frankopan Cetinski and the member of Cetin branch of the

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family. His given name was Ivan, but after joining the

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order he took the name Franjo. He followed the steps of his uncle Grgur and became

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and

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. He also served as diplomat on the court of Janos Zapolya. In 1541, he attended the

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where he made a speech against the Turks (''Oratio reverendissimi in Christo patris'') which was soon printed.

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* Franjo Emanuel Hoško
''Franjo Frankapan''
(Hrvatski biografski leksikon, Croatian) Frankopan family Medieval Croatian nobility 16th-century Croatian Roman Catholic priests 16th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Hungary Habsburg Croats 15th-century Croatian nobility 16th-century Croatian nobility People from Eger 1543 deaths Eastern Hungarian Kingdom {{Croatia-bio-stub

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