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Hundred Years' Croatian–Ottoman War
The Hundred Years' Croatian–Ottoman War (, Kratka politicka i kulturna povijest Hrvatske ''Stogodišnji rat protiv Turaka'', ''Stogodišnji rat s Osmanlijama'') was a sequence of conflicts, mostly of relatively low intensity ("Small War", ), between the and the medieval Kingdom of Croatia (ruled by the Jagiellon and Zápolya dynasties), and the later [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivan Frankopan Cetinski
Ivan IX Frankopan Cetinski () was a Croatian nobleman. A member of Cetin branch of the Frankopan noble family and a grandson of Ivan VI (Anž) Frankopan, Cetinski was the knez (prince) of Cetin Castle. Cetinski was one of the commanders of Croatian forces in the Battle of Krbava field, in which he died. His son, Franjo Frankopan, became archbishop of Kalocsa. See also * Ivan VI (Anž) Frankopan * Frankopan family tree External links Frankopan - the lord of Cetin castle Ivan Ivan () is a Slavic male given name, connected with the variant of the Greek name (English: John) from Hebrew meaning 'God is gracious'. It is associated worldwide with Slavic countries. The earliest person known to bear the name was the B ... Military personnel killed in action Military commanders of Croatian kingdoms 15th-century Croatian military personnel Year of birth missing 1493 deaths 15th-century Croatian nobility Croatian Roman Catholics {{Croatia-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbard VIII Von Auersperg
Herbard VIII von Auersperg, Freiherr from 1550, Slovenized as ''Hervard Turjaški'' (15 June 1528 in Vienna – 22 September 1575 near Budački on the Military Frontier) was a governor of Carniola supporting Protestantism, and an imperial Habsburg general in the wars against the Ottoman Empire. Life and career Herbard von Auersperg was born into the House of Auersperg, one of the oldest Austrian families at the time when the spreading of Lutheranism was at its fastest, and the danger of the Turkish invasion into the Habsburg lands at its greatest. Herbard's father was Trojan von Auersperg, his mother Anna a Freiin (i.e. baroness) von Egck. After attending the municipal school in Vienna he was sent for several years to the court of Cleve which was among the many European relations of the Auerspergs. 1546 he started on his successful military career under Ivan Lenković at the "Windic" border (Upper Slavonian Krajina) and after only two years, hardly 20 years old, was mad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andreas Von Auersperg
Andreas von Auersperg, Lord of Schönberg und Seisenberg (Slovene: ''Andrej Turjaški''; Croatian: ''Andrija Auersperg'') (9 April 1556 – 5 September 1593) was a Carniolan noble from the influential Auersperg family, leader of the defending forces at the Battle of Sisak in 1593. Life and career Andreas von Auersperg was born in the Carniolan town of Žužemberk (Seisenberg) into one of the leading Protestant Austrian families in the Duchy of Carniola as the youngest son of Wolfgang-Engelbert von Auersperg, Lord of Schönberg, Seisenberg and Flödnig, and Anna Maria von Lamberg. After his parents' early demise, the governor of Carniola, Baron Weikhard von Auersperg (1533–1581), became the guardian of the one-year-old boy. In 1569, the 13-year-old registered at the University of Tübingen, where the Collegiate Church, along with the rest of the city, was one of the first to have converted to Martin Luther's teachings. In 1573 and 1574, he also studied at the renowned uni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruprecht Von Eggenberg
Ruprecht Freiherr von Eggenberg (1546 – 7 February 1611, Graz, Styria) was a nobleman from the Holy Roman Empire, landowner and Colonel-general from the Duchy of Styria in Inner Austria, then part of the Holy Roman Empire. Early life and ancestry Ruprecht was born as the elder son of Christoph von Eggenberg-Ehrenhausen (d. 1551) by his first wife, Helene von Fieger (d. 1568). He was a member of the cadet line of the House of Eggenberg and a cousin of Prince Hans Ulrich von Eggenberg. Military career He chose a military career early on in his life. In 1572 he served as a captain with Spanish forces and saw duty in The Netherlands under the great general Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma and Piacenza. Ruprecht von Eggenberg benefited greatly from this experience and was ultimately appointed by Charles II, Archduke of Austria to the arch-ducal council and to captain of the guard at the main castle in Graz. Because of the growing threat from the Ottoman Turks, he served as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamás Erdődy
Count Tamás Erdődy de Monyorókerék et Monoszló (, ; 1558 – 17 January 1624), also anglicised as Thomas Erdődy, was a Hungarian-Croatian nobleman, who served as Ban of Croatia between 1583-1595 and 1608-1615 and a member of the House of Erdődy, Erdődy magnate family. He scored significant victories in wars against the Ottoman Empire's armies. Biography Tamás Erdődy was born in 1558 as the son of former ban Péter Erdődy and Margit Tahy. He had two siblings. He married Maria Ungnad, the daughter of Croatian ban Krsto Ungnad, they had three sons (including ban Zsigmond Erdődy) and four daughters. Through his sons, Tamás Erdődy was also a grandfather of Hungarian nobles György Erdődy and Imre Erdődy.Markó, László: ''A magyar állam főméltóságai Szent Istvántól napjainkig - Életrajzi Lexikon''. (2nd edition); Helikon Kiadó Kft., 2006, Budapest; . p. 354. He succeeded his father-in-law Krsto Ungnad as Ban of Croatia in 1583. His first victory occurred at th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivan Lenković
Ivan Lenković (died 22 June 1569) was a Habsburg Croatian army general and the leader of the Uskoks. He carried the title of baron. He is noted for the construction of Nehaj Fortress and as a captain of the Senj area.Bousfield (2003), p. 227. He also contributed in organizing the Military Frontier. During the Ottoman wars in Europe, Klis Fortress was on 7 April 1569, liberated by Split noblemen Ivan Alberti and Nikola Cindro.Listeš (1998), pp. 1–169. Bey Mustafa responded by bringing under Klis Fortress more than 10,000 soldiers. General Ivan Lenković with 1,000 Uskoks came in relief, to some 1500 Klis defenders. During the battle, Lenković withdrew, after he himself was wounded, and the fortress was delivered to the Turks, on 31 May. However, this temporary relief resounded in Europe and among the local population. He died in Metlika on 22 June 1569 and is buried in Novo Mesto Franciscan Church. See also *Petar Kružić Petar Kružić (16 October 1491 � ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikola IV Zrinski
Nikola IV Zrinski or Miklós IV Zrínyi (, ; 1507/1508 – 7 September 1566), also commonly known as Nikola Šubić Zrinski (), was a Croatian- Hungarian nobleman and general, Ban of Croatia from 1542 until 1556, royal master of the treasury from 1557 until 1566, and a descendant of the Croatian noble families Zrinski and Kurjaković. During his lifetime the Zrinski family became the most powerful noble family in the Kingdom of Croatia. Zrinski became well known across Europe for his involvement in the Siege of Szigetvár (1566), where he heroically died stopping Ottoman Empire's Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent's advance towards Vienna. The importance of the battle was considered so great that the French clergyman and statesman Cardinal Richelieu described it as "the battle that saved civilization".Timothy Hughes R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikola Jurišić
Baron Nikola Jurišić (; – 1543) was a Croatian nobleman, soldier, and diplomat. He is known for commanding a force of 700–800 soldiers during the Siege of Kőszeg against a much larger Ottoman army of 120,000–140,000 stopping its advance. Early life Jurišić was born in Senj, Croatia. He is first mentioned in 1522 as an officer of Ferdinand I of Habsburg's troops deployed in Croatian forts in defense against the invasion of the Ottoman Empire under Suleiman I, advancing towards Vienna. Between 1522 and 1526, he obtained knighthood.Nikola Jurišić in the Croatian Biographical Lexicon (in Croatian) After the Bat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johann Katzianer
Johann Katzianer (), or Hans Katzianer, Freiherr zu Katzenstein und Fledingen (1491, Begunje () – 27 October 1539, Hrvatska Kostajnica) was a Carniolan aristocrat and a commander of the Habsburg Imperial Army . History He is first mentioned in 1527 when Archduke Ferdinand, brother to the emperor, gathered an army to support his claims on the throne of Hungary, which had become vacant after King Louis II of Hungary was killed in the Battle of Mohács (1526) against the Ottomans. Katzianer took part in Ferdinand's Hungarian campaign of 1527–1528 against the voivode of Transylvania, John Zápolya, who had also been proclaimed King, supported by a large faction of the nobility in the Hungarian kingdom. Katzianer distinguished himself in the Battle of Tarcal in September 1527 and especially in the Battle of Szina in March 1528, but alienated himself from the population by the violence and misbehavior of his troops. In 1529 he participated in the Siege of Vienna against Sule ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christoph Frankopan
Christoph Frankopan (, ; ; 1482 – 22 September 1527) was a Croatian count from the noble House of Frankopan. He was born in a dangerous time, which included the Ottoman conquest of Bosnia and Herzegovina, fall of Bosnia to the Ottoman Empire and the start of the Hundred Years' Croatian–Ottoman War, Hundred Years' Croatian-Ottoman War. As a supporter of King John I of Hungary during the succession crisis between John Zápolya, János Zápolya and Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor, Ferdinand Habsburg, he was named the ban of Croatia in 1526, and died the following year while leading an army financed by Zápolya. Early life Frankopan was born in 1482, in Modruš, son of the Croatian nobleman Bernardin Frankopan (1452–1529) and Lujza (Luisa) Marzano of Aragon [:hu:Aragóniai Marzano Lujza, hu], a granddaughter of King Alfonso V of Aragon. His siblings were Beatrix, Ferdinand, Matija (Mátyás), Ivan Franjo (János Ferenc), Marija Magdalena (Mária Magdolna), Elizabeta (Er ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petar Kružić
Petar Kružić (16 October 1491 – 12 March 1537) was a Croatian knez (title), knez, captain (land), captain, soldier and defender of Klis, and the captain of Senj. In the early 16th century Petar Kružić ''(knez of Klis)'' defended the Fortress of Klis, Klis Fortress against Ottoman Empire, Turkish invasion. He died in 1537 trying to break yet another siege by the Ottomans. After his death, the Klis defenders agreed to give the fortress to the Ottomans in exchange for their women, children and their own lives. In this way, the Ottomans finally conquered the Klis Fortress after almost two and a half decades of its successful defense. Origin He was a native of Kruge, Lika-Senj County, Krug in Nebljuh, a district of the same-titled tribe in the župa of Donji Lapac, Lapac in Lika. However, later chroniclers, and historians, mostly for local patriotic reasons, tried to appropriate and present him as one of their countrymen because he enjoyed incredible popularity as an anti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
