Péter II Erdődy (; 1504–1567) (Erdődy: a Hungarian

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in the

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and

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since the Middle Ages) was the

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from 1557 to 1567 and the founding member of the Croatian branch of the

Erdődy The House of Erdődy de Monyorókerék et Monoszló (also House of Erdödy) is the name of an old Hungarian people, Hungarian-Croats, Croatian noble family with possessions in Kingdom of Hungary, Hungary and Kingdom of Croatia (Habsburg), Croati ...

noble family. Péter was born around 1504. He was the son of Peter I Erdődy, the nephew of

Tamás Bakócz Tamás Bakócz OP (, Erdőd, Esztergom) was a Hungarian archbishop, cardinal and statesman. He was a serious candidate in the 1513 papal conclave. Life Born in Szatmár County, Bakócz was the son of a wagoner and was adopted by his uncle, wh ...

. He succeeded the famous Nikola IV Zrinski as ban in 1557. He first gained notoriety with a series of military victories against the

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in 1552, including setting fire to Gradiška with Juraj Frankopan. He was given the titles of ''Reichsgraf'' in 1565 and ''Reichsfürst'' in 1566 by Maximilian II. Because he died soon (one year) after that, the titles weren't nostrificated. The title of ''Reichsgraf'' was nostrificated in 1580 for his two sons Thomas II and Peter III by Rudolf II. But the title of ''Reichsfürst'' got forgotten. He died in 1567 in Jastrebarsko. His first son Toma Erdődy later became ban as well.

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* ''"Die Geschichte des Hauses Erdődy"'' ("The History of the Erdődy family") after Dr. Karl Giay which is attached to Gräfin Helene Erdődy's book ''"Erinnerungen"'' ("Memories"). Released 1929 by Amalthea-Verlag, Vienna

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