The House of Frankopan ( hr, Frankopani, Frankapani, it, Frangipani, hu, Frangepán, la, Frangepanus, Francopanus), was a

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family, whose members were among the great landowner magnates and high officers of the Kingdom of Croatia in union with Hungary. The Frankopans, along with the Zrinskis, are among the most important and most famous Croatian noble families who, from the 11th to the 17th century, were very closely connected with the history, past and destiny of the Croatian people and Croatia. For centuries, members of these noble clans were the bearers and defenders of Croatia against the Ottomans, but also resolute opponents of the increasingly dangerous Habsburg imperial absolutism and German hegemony, which in the spirit of European mercantilism sought to consolidate throughout the Habsburg Monarchy. The past of these two clans is intertwined with marital ties, friendships and participation in almost all significant events in Croatia, especially on the battlefields in the defense of Croatia from the Ottoman conqueror.

History

The Frankopan family was one of the leading Croatian

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families from the 12th to the 17th century. Since the 15th century they were trying to link themselves to the

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patrician Frangipani family (which claimed descent from a

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family of

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and ended in 1654 with Mario Frangipane being its last male descendant). However ''

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''Biographical Lexicon of the History of Southeastern Europe'' by the Leibniz Institute for East and Southeast European Studies highly question the bloodline connection between the two families and remind of the common fashion of medieval noble families in Europe to try and connect themselves to ancient Roman nobility. Along with the members of the

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family the Frankopan ranked high in terms of importance by virtue of power, wealth, fame, glory and role in Croatian and Hungarian history. The first known member of Croatian lineage of the Frankopan family was Dujam I Krčki (''Doymus Veglenfis'' in Latin sources that also attribute the title of

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to him), lord of

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who received permission by Domenico Michieli,

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from 1118 to 1130, to rule the island of Krk as

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of the

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. His exact origin is unknown, but he and his descendants were referred to as the Counts of Krk in historical documents. In 1221, the brothers Henry and Servidon Frankopan received the islands of

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and

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as a gift from King

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for their services. In 1428 Nikola IV Krčki (

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from 1426 to 1432) was the first of the Counts of Krk to call himself Frankapan. In 1430 he managed to receive recognition from

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for being a descendant of the old Roman patrician family Frangipani and officially started using the name and coat of arms Frangipani. In 1240–1241 the

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advanced from

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toward

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whose

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resisted bravely but finally had to seek refuge in Dalmatia. King Béla stayed with the Frankopans who assisted him with arms and funds and brought him into safety in Veglia and then brought him back to his own land. As reward the King gave the Frankopans the county of Senj with surrounding lands and the castle of

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. liubich, Simeone, Dizionario biografico degli uomini illustri della Dalmazia, Vienna, 1856, p. 136./ref> In 1246 there was another war, between

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and Béla, who, with the assistance of the Frankopan, won a victory. As a further reward, King Béla then, by royal decree, created the Frankopans as Lords of their territory for them and their descendants. The Frankopans constantly supported the

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. In particular, Nikola Frankopan reconstructed the Holy House of Our Lady in 1294 in

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(Trsat). It is recorded that in 1291, Nikola Frankopan sent a delegation to

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to measure the Holy House after the House had been saved, presumably by the Crusaders, and brought to Trsat or Tersatto, on the Adriatic Coast where the Frankopans had a castle. In 1294 Nikola Frankopan, gave the Holy House to the Pope to be placed on Papal lands, at Loreto, near

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. Although the possessions of the family were exposed to every assault both from the east and the west, their power increased steadily until the 17th century when their lands reached further east. The

and Frankopan families came into closer affinity by marriage ties until in the eyes of the

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an courts they had become one of the most important families of Croatia. In 1420 the Swedish King

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called Ivan VI Frankopan, the eldest son of the Croatian ban Nikola IV, to

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to accompany the Swedish King to the Holy Land and later to assist the King at the Court in Sweden. Ivan VI Frankopan lived in Sweden at intervals between 1420 and 1430. After his father's death he returned to his home country. His eldest son called Matthias (Matija) stayed in Sweden. In 1425

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confirmed the noble status of

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referring to him as ''Niklas Frangiapan Comes de Begle, Segnie et Modrusse'' (''Nikola Frankopan, Count of Krk, Senj and Modruš'') using the

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title of

. He also granted the family the privileges of red wax, (Rotwachsprivilegien), i.e., the right to use red

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for their seals. Sigismund underlines at the end of this document that no one must ever dispute these rights of the family. Bernardin Frankopan's (1453–1529) paternal grandmother Dorothy was from a prominent Hungarian noble family, Garay, while his mother Isotta from Este family was

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. Through ancestry from royal Spanish families Bernardin had even

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ancestry (the Árpád dynasty founded the Kingdom of Hungary.) The Frankopan family was persecuted after the

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, where the Count

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participated in an uprising against

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King Leopold I. He and his brother-in-law,

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were executed in

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. The line of Stjepan II Frankopan, Ban of Croatia (d. 1481), died out with Katarina Frankopan in the 16th century. The line of Sigismund Frankopan expired with Franjo Frankopan, Bishop of Eger in 1542. Another branch died out in 1572 with Franjo Frankopan, Ban of Croatia; and the Trsat branch died out with

in 1671 (and in the female line with Maria Juliana Frankopan, married Countess of

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and later Countess von

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Doimi de Lupis's name claiming

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citizen, changed his name and surname to "Louis Doimi de Frankopan Šubić

" or "Louis Michal Antun Doimi de Lupis de Frankopan Shubich Zrinski" under British Civil law, adding several names of ancient Croatian noble families that combined in such a fashion were historically never attributed to any member of mentioned noble families. In the late 1990s, Louis's cousin Mirko Jamnicki-Dojmi di Delupis wrote an

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where he denounced claims over Frankopan, Šubić and Zrinski names by his family and presented the family tree of Dojmi di Delupis containing 129 names from the year 1200 onwards. Louis's descendants include

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, and historian

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who also claimed that they always had the same name. In 2002, the wife of Louis Doimi de Lupis,

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lawyer Ingrid Detter, bought the Ribnik Castle, once propriety of the Frankopans, and today in the

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(Z-301), for the price of 1.6 million

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s from the Ribnik municipality and in accordance with the decision of the

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, the Directorate for the Protection of Cultural Heritage, however almost anything has been invested. In 2003, they also founded the literary awards "Katarina Zrinska" and "Petar Zrinski", which were held only once. In the same year, during the

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visit of The Shrine of Our Lady of Trsat, which was tightly related to the Frankopan family, the members of de Lupis family managed to get presented not by their original name yet as Frankopans.

Notable members

* Dujam II of Krk (ruled c. 1288–1317) * Bartolomeo VIII Frankopan of Krk and Senji (ruled 1327–1361), in 1336 helped free the future Czech King Charles IV from capturing by piratesFontes rerum Bohemicarum III
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(c.1360–1432), first "Frankopan" and son of Ivan V of Krk also Ban of Croatia *

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( hu, János) (died 1436), son of Nikola IV Frankopan and Ban of Croatia * Stjepan III Frankopan (Hungarian: István) (c. 1416–1481 or 1484), son of Nikola IV Frankopan. Co-ruled with Ban Ivan VI Frankopan. *

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, ruled the

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between 1451 and 1480. * Bernardin Frankopan (1453–1529) Son of Stjepan Frankopan. Influential nobleman, diplomat, and warrior. * Nikola V Frankopan (died 1456–1458), son of Nikola IV Frankopan and Ban of Croatia and Slavonia * Beatrice Frankopan (1480–c. 1510), heiress of

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and wife of

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* Krsto Frankopan (1482–1527), son of Bernardin Frankopan and Ban of Croatia *

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(?–1553), signatory of

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(1527) * Franjo Frankopan (1536 – 1572), Ban of Croatia * Vuk II Krsto Frankopan (c. 1578–c. 1652), general of Karlovac generalate * Franjo Frankopan Cetinski, archbishop, bishop, and diplomat * Nikola IX Frankopan of Tržac (died 1647), Ban of Croatia *

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(c.1625–1673), daughter of Vuk Krsto Frankopan. Married

, Ban of Croatia. *

(beheaded in 1671), promulgated the

, known as

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in Hungary.

Holdings

Several of the Frankopan castles remain in

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, mostly around the Gorski kotar region and the island of

. The castle at Stara Susica near

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incorporates structures going back to the

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n and

periods. The town of

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has a medieval fortified castle, renovated in the last century in the spirit of the Romanesque. The castle and park at

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were owned by the Frankopan family until the mid-17th century. Other castles or property of the Frankopans could be found in Ribnik,

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, Drivenik,

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, and other surrounding towns. The Frankopan castle in the town of

is currently used for open-air performances in the summer months. Some castles which were properties of the family: File:Tržan-grad (Modruš) - jugozapad.JPG, Ruins of Tržan Castle in Modruš, once a seat of the Frankopan family on Croatian mainland File:Cetin.jpg,

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Dubovac Castle Dubovac Castle is a castle in Karlovac, Croatia.http://www.castles.info/croatia/ Castles of Croatia The Dubovac Castle overlooks the Croatian city Karlovac. Its square tower was probably built during the 13th century. In the 15th century, the cast ...

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Novigrad na Dobri Novigrad na Dobri is a village in Karlovac County, Croatia. The name translates in English to "New town on the Dobra river". Across the river Dobra, there is a 14th-century castle that once belonged to the Croatian noble family Frankopan The ...

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Ozalj Castle Ozalj Castle ( hr, Stari grad Ozalj or ''Gradina Ozalj'') is a castle in the town of Ozalj, Croatia. The Ozalj fortress, located on the stone cliff perched above the Kupa River, is one of the best-known fortifications of this type in Croatia. It i ...

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Trsat Castle Trsat Castle ( hr, Gradina Trsat) is a castle in Trsat, Croatia. It is thought that the castle lies at the exact spot of an ancient Illyrian and Roman fortress. The Croatian noble Vuk Krsto Frankopan is buried in one of the churches. The Trsat c ...

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History

Doimi de Lupis's name claiming

Notable members

Holdings

See also

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Further reading