Ivan Zakmardi (c. 1600 - 20 April 1667) was a

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n humanist, lawyer and poet, who served as the

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of the

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in 1644, and was the representative of both the King and

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in legal matters. He is notable for setting the foundations for the

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in 1643.

Biography

He studied at the

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, which was followed by studying philosophy in Olomouc, Bohemia. After returning to Croatia, he became a lawyer representing the

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, and worked as a public servant in various roles, such as judge in Križevci County, notary of Varaždin County, county notary of the Kingdom, chief treasurer and taxer of the Kingdom. He brought the Paulines to

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, who established a monastery, and secondary and primary schools. In 1641, the

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chose him as a member of a commission for making an inventory of and analyzing all the privileges of Croatia. He collected all the charters, laws and privileges and gave them to the Kaptol for safe keeping in the so called "chest of privileges" (''Cista privilegiorum Regni''). In 1644, the same body chose him as the protonotary of the Croatian Kingdom. From 1662 until his death, he served as the vice-count (''podžupan'') of

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. He was a well known benefactor, who frequently endowed poor students, and left a considerable sum to the

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and Pauline collegiums in Varaždin,

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and Križevci. In the wars against the

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, he helped supplying food and arms to the local soldiers.http://zagreb.arhiv.hr/hr/novosti/pregled/tjedan/2010/zakmardi-katalog-WEB.pdf He died in Banska Bistrica, in today's Slovakia, and was buried in the

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Works

His surviving works are all written in Latin. *''Apologia comitis Nicolai Erdődy'' (Apologia of count Nicholas Erdődy) *''Illa ego Sclavonia, ac iam dicta Croatia tellus'' (I am that Slavonia, and the aforementioned Croatian land), a poem

External links

Ivan Zakmadi
at

Proleksis Encyclopedia The ''Proleksis Encyclopedia'' ( hr, Proleksis enciklopedija) is the first Croatian general and national online encyclopedia. ''Proleksis Encyclopedia'' features more than 62,000 articles and more than 17,000 photographs, illustrations and maps. ...

Ivan Zakmadi
at Enciklopedija.hr

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Zakmardi, Ivan Croatian nobility 17th-century Croatian poets Croatian male poets Croatian Roman Catholics 1600s births 1667 deaths 17th-century Croatian people Habsburg Croats