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Juraj IV Zrinski ( hu, Zrínyi IV. György) (13 April 1549 –
He was the son of Croatian Ban (viceroy) 
On 29 May 1579 he granted privileges to the inhabitants of the Čakovec fortress and its suburbs. This was the starting point for
Drawing of Juraj IV Zrinski on a horse
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Vép
Vép is a town in Vas county, Hungary
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by Szombathely
Szombathely (; german: Steinamanger, ; see also other alternative names) is the 10th largest city in Hungary. It is the administrative centre of Vas county in the west of the country, located near the border with Austria. Szombathely lies by t ...
, 4 May 1603) was a Croatian count
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, a member of the Zrinski
Zrinski () was a Croatian- Hungarian noble family, a cadet branch of the Croatian noble tribe of Šubić, influential during the period in history marked by the Ottoman wars in Europe in the Kingdom of Croatia's union with the Kingdom of Hungar ...
noble family, and royal Master of the treasury
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from 1567 until his death in 1603.
Life
He was the son of Croatian Ban (viceroy) Nikola IV Zrinski
Nikola IV Zrinski or Miklós IV Zrínyi ( hu, Zrínyi Miklós, ; 1507/1508 – 7 September 1566), also commonly known as Nikola Šubić Zrinski (), was a Croatian nobleman and general, Ban of Croatia from 1542 until 1556, royal master of the tr ...
(*1508 - †1566.), the hero of Szigetvar, and his wife Katarina Zrinski née
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Frankopan
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(married 1543, died 1561), a Croatia
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From his father he inherited a large number of estates, among which was the Međimurje County
Međimurje County (; hr, Međimurska županija ; hu, Muraköz megye) is a triangle-shaped Counties of Croatia, county in the northernmost part of Croatia, roughly corresponding to the historical and geographical region of Međimurje (region), ...
, the northernmost part of Croatia
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, with the large and strongly fortified Čakovec castle
Čakovec Castle or Zrinski Castle ( hr, Čakovečka utvrda or or hu, Csáktornyai vár or ''Zrínyi-kastély'') is a medieval fortification in the middle of the town of Čakovec, the administrative seat of Međimurje County, northern Croatia.
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. He succeeded his father at the royal position of the Master of the treasury
The master of the treasury or treasurerSegeš 2002, p. 316.Rady 2000, p. 113. (german: Königlicher Ober-SchatzmeisterFallenbüchl 1988, p. 80. or , hu, tárnokmester,Zsoldos 2011, p. 61. la, magister tavarnicorum, or , sk, taverník hr, tave ...
in the Kingdom of Hungary and Croatia, which held until his death.
In the time of growing and spreading Protestantism
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, Zrinski accepted it and adducted the Lutheran
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pastors to replace the Catholic
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priests in Croatian parishes, which caused indignation and revolt of the people. On the other hand, his contribution was the introduction of book printing into northern Croatia. In the early 1570s he invited an Austria
Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...
n printer and grafic expert named Rudolf Hoffhalter to found a printing office in Nedelišće
Nedelišće ( hu, Drávavásárhely; Kajkavian: ''Nedelišče'') is a village in Međimurje County, in northern Croatia, and the seat of the Municipality of Nedelišće, which also includes 10 other villages in the south-western part of Međimurje ...
, a village next to Čakovec
Čakovec (; hu, Csáktornya; la, Aquama; german: Tschakathurn) is a city in northern Croatia, located around north of Zagreb, the Croatian capital. Čakovec is both the county seat and the largest city of Međimurje County, the northernmost, sm ...
. Many publications were printed there in the next couple of years (probably until 1586), among which was the famous juristic book '' Decretum tripartitum'' of the publisher Ivanuš Pergošić, the first book ever in Croatian Kajkavian dialect
Kajkavian (Kajkavian noun: ''kajkavščina''; Shtokavian adjective: ''kajkavski'' , noun: ''kajkavica'' or ''kajkavština'' ) is a South Slavic regiolect or language spoken primarily by Croats in much of Central Croatia, Gorski Kotar and nort ...
, printed in 1574.
Like his ancestors and descendants, Zrinski took part in battles against the Ottomans, who conquered most of Croatia, and he often carried out the sudden attacks to the hinterland of the enemy in order to slow down or stop them from further conquests.
On 29 May 1579 he granted privileges to the inhabitants of the Čakovec fortress and its suburbs. This was the starting point for Čakovec
Čakovec (; hu, Csáktornya; la, Aquama; german: Tschakathurn) is a city in northern Croatia, located around north of Zagreb, the Croatian capital. Čakovec is both the county seat and the largest city of Međimurje County, the northernmost, sm ...
to become a free market town and the date is celebrated today as Čakovec City Day.
Juraj IV Zrinski was married twice with ladies from Arco family Arco is the name of an ancient noble family, originally from Arco, in Northern Italy. Members of the family played important roles within Holy Roman Empire, Austro-Hungarian Empire and Italy. History
They were first attested to in 1124 and were ...
of Tyrol
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and Stubenberg family
Stubenberg is the name of a noble family from Austria documented since about 1160, with its ancestral seat at Stubenberg, Styria. The family held important posts in the Habsburg monarchy and had hereditary membership in the Hungarian House of Magn ...
of Styria
Styria (german: Steiermark ; Serbo-Croatian and sl, ; hu, Stájerország) is a state (''Bundesland'') in the southeast of Austria. With an area of , Styria is the second largest state of Austria, after Lower Austria. Styria is bordered to ...
, with whom he had four children. His sons Nikola VI and Juraj V (future Croatian Ban) succeeded him when he died in 1603. He was buried in Pauline monastery of Sveta Jelena
Sveta Jelena (; en, Saint Helen) 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. Th ...
(''St. Helen'') near Čakovec, next to the grave where the head of his famous father had been buried 37 years before.
See also
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External links
* * https://web.archive.org/web/20110722172929/http://www.tzm.hr/article.php?g=42 * http://bib.irb.hr/prikazi-rad?&rad=173056Drawing of Juraj IV Zrinski on a horse
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