Ivan III Drašković ( en, John III Drashkovich of Trakoshtyan; hu, trakostyáni gróf Draskovich János, ( Trakošćan, 13 March 1595(?) or 1603 – Óvár (

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), 5 August 1648), was a Croato- Hungarian warrior and statesman, a member of the Drašković noble family. He served as

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from 1646 until his death.

Biography

Family and education

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Ivan III Drašković was a son of Ivan II Petar Drašković and his wife Eva Drašković

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Istvánffy. Educated in

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, where he finished philosophy studies, and in

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, where he graduated in law, Drašković spoke several foreign languages. He was also enrolled at the

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.Goldstein, Ivo - Szabo, Agneza, Povijest zagrebačke Klasične gimnazije (1607. - 2007.), Zagreb, 2007., str. 22, On 29 January 1629 he married Barbara Thurzó, a Hungarian

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, and they had five children, among which two sons, John IV and

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Political and military career

During his lifetime, the Drašković family achieved the highest point of its power, wealth and influence. Due to his successes in battles against the

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, Ivan III Drašković was well known as ''defensor Croatiae'' ( en, defender of Croatia), having organised the

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defence forces, fortified the towns and castles, as well as built

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military strongholds at the same time. On 4 September 1631 he was given (together with his brother Nicholas I and his cousin Caspar II) the title ''

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'' by the Croato-Hungarian king Ferdinand II. In his career Drašković was, among other duties, a cavalry captain, master of king's chamberlains and king's secret advisor. On 10 July 1640 he was appointed ban (viceroy) of

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and superior commander of

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. Thus he was the third member of the family sitting (so far) on the ban's throne, after his father Ivan II and his grandfather's brother

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. On 22 September 1640 the king Ferdinand III summoned a

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( hu, Pozsony; today Bratislava,

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) where Drašković was appointed

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, the highest dignitary in that country after the

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Death and funeral

Having performed the high function of palatine, Drašković suddenly died on 5 August 1648 in his new domain Óvár,

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(today ''Olováry'' in the

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, southern Slovakia), he had been given a short time before his death by the king Ferdinand III. He was buried during a solemn funeral rite in the St. Martin's Cathedral in Pressburg, which served as the coronation church of the

between 1563 and 1830. His grave is situated next to the grave of his father.

References

External links

Ivan III Drašković – a distinguished member of his family''Rudolf Horvat'': History of CroatiaData on Drašković's motherList of rulers of Croatia
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