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Zrinski and is
* 1671 – Petar Zrinski, the Croatian Ban from the Zrinski family, is executed.
The former wrote the Hungarian epic poem, the Peril of Sziget, of which Zrinski is the hero, which has assured Zrinski's place in Hungarian culture.
Nikola Šubić Zrinski is honoured both in Croatia and in Hungary as a national hero.
The Order of Nikola Šubić Zrinski is one of the highest Croatian national decorations.
Jessica is married to Prince Peter de Frankopan Subic Zrinski.
The period of more significant economic and cultural growth of Čakovec is considered to have started in 1547, when Nikola Šubić Zrinski of Szigetvár became the owner of the area.
The castle which was owned by the Zrinski family between the 16th and the 18th century is known today as the " Old Town of the Zrinskis " () and considered as the landmark of the city.
It is located in the Zrinski Park () only a few steps from the downtown and the central square respectively.
The Čakovec-based company TIZ Zrinski is the largest printing and publishing company in the county as well as one of the major such companies in northern Croatia and many books sold in the country are printed in this factory.
In the Zrinski castle there is a local museum protecting 17, 000 valuable items.
At the central square there is also the Zrinski monument.
He is considered the most courageous and prominent member of the Zrinski family, which together with the Frankopans was the most distinguished and famous noble family in Croatian history.
Count Martino Zrinski or Sdrigna, was born in 1462 and was the son of Count Peter II and brother of Nikola III, father of Nikola IV, the one who is referred to in history as Nikola the Great Zrinski of Siget ( Szigetvár in Hungarian ).
" The battle is still famous in Croatia and Hungary and inspired both the Hungarian epic poem Siege of Sziget and the Croatian opera Nikola Šubić Zrinski.
Ivan Zajc's 1876 opera Nikola Šubić Zrinski is his most famous and popular work in Croatia.
It is certain, that Nikola Zrinski spoke at least Croatian, Hungarian, Italian, Turkish and of course Latin.
It is not well known that descendants of the Zrinski family are still alive in Greece under the family name " Sdrinias ".
The common belief is that the noble families Zrinski and Frankopan perished through execution in Wiener Neustadt on April 30, 1671, owing to their role in the so called Zrinski-Frankopan Plot ( in Hungarian historiography called the Wesselényi Plot ) against the Emperor Leopold.
Beside being one of the most important military figure of 17th century Croatia, Zrinski is also known for his literary works.
The owners of the fortification were members of the noble families Lipovečki, Tot, Frankopan, Benvenjud and finally Zrinski, so the castle is today known as Zrinski castle ( Stari grad Zrinski in Croatian ).

Zrinski and plot
In the preparations of the plot, plans were disrupted by the death of Nikola Zrinski in the woods near Čakovec by a wounded wild boar — later rumours claimed he was murdered by Habsburg agents, however, this claim could never be substantiated.
Zrinski and Frankopan, unaware of their detection, nevertheless continued planning the plot.

Zrinski and Croatian
** Petar Zrinski, Croatian Ban ( title ) and nobleman ( b. 1621 )
* November 18 – Nikola Zrinski, Croatian and Hungarian military leader, statesman and poet ( born 1620 )
Nikola Šubić Zrinski () or Miklós Zrínyi () ( Zrin, 1508 – Szigetvár, September 7, 1566 ), was a Croatian nobleman and general in service of Habsburg Monarchy, ban of Croatia from 1542 to 1556, and member of the Zrinski noble family.
Nikola was born in 1508 as the son of Nikola III Zrinski and Jelena Karlović ( sister of future Croatian ban Ivan Karlović ) He distinguished himself at the siege of Vienna in 1529, and in 1542 saved the imperial army from defeat before Pest by intervening with 400 Croats, for which service he was appointed ban of Croatia.
In 1563, on the coronation of the Emperor Maximilian as king of Hungary, Zrinski attended the ceremony at the head of 3000 Croatian and Magyar mounted noblemen, in the vain hope of obtaining the dignity of palatine, vacant by the death of Tamás Nádasdy.
He was the great-grandfather of Croatian Ban ( Viceroy ) and Croatian / Hungarian poet Nikola Zrinski, as well as his younger brother Petar Zrinski.
The Croatian nobleman and general in service of Habsburg Monarchy Nikola Šubić Zrinski ( Miklós Zrínyi ), a member of the Zrinski noble family, had defeated Sanjak Bey Tirhal Mohammed, executing him and his son, and capturing 17, 000 ducats.
Along with the Zrinski family it had, in Croatian history, ranked high in terms of importance by virtue of power, wealth, fame, glory and role in Croatia's public life.
This branch would be known by the surname of Zrin ( but also variously a Zrinio, Zrinski, Zrínyi, Zrini, de Serin, Sdrin following Latin, contemporary Croatian, Magyar, French, or Italian usage ) which rose to its height of fame and glory with Count Nicholas IV ( Nikola IV in Croatian ), the hero of Szigetvár, (* 1508-† 1566 ), and with Count Nicholas VII ( Nikola VII in Croatian ), the Scourge of the Ottomans (* 1620-† 1664 ).
The destiny of Europe was at stake then, and Zrinski and his company of Croatian knights chose to defend the interests of the Christian West.
The battle was fought between the defending forces of the Austrian Habsburg Monarchy under the leadership of Croatian ban Nikola Šubić Zrinski (), and the invading Ottoman army under the nominal command of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent ( Süleymān ).
His opposite number, Count Nikola Šubić Zrinski, was one of the largest landholders in the Kingdom of Croatia, a seasoned veteran of border warfare, and a Ban ( Croatian royal representative ) from 1542 to 1556.
Petar Zrinski (), the brother of Nikola VII Zrinski, published Opsida Sigecka ( 1647 / 8 ) in the Croatian language — not surprising since the Zrinski family were bilingual.

Zrinski and who
He was the son of Michele Veranzio, a Latin poet, and the nephew of Antonio (), archbishop of Esztergom ( 1504 – 1573 ), a diplomat and a civil servant, who was in touch with Erasmus ( 1465 – 1536 ), Philipp Melanchthon ( 1497 – 1560 ), and Nikola Šubić Zrinski ( 1508 – 1566 ), who took Fausto with him during some of his travels through Hungary and in the Republic of Venice.
) The famed Nikola Šubić Zrinski, who died fighting and won the title of " Hero of Sziget ," became the first outstanding example of the epithet " bulwark of Christianity ".
This was the reason of the arrival of Petar Zrinski, a famous statesman in Europe who also had numerous dramatic battles with the Turks.
Šubić Bribirski in Croatian ), who took the title George I. Zrinski ( Juraj I. Zrinski in Croatian ).
Among them there were ban Petar Berislavić who won a victory at Dubica on the Una river in 1513, the captain of Senj and prince of Klis Petar Kružić, who defended the Klis Fortress for almost 25 years, captain Nikola Jurišić who deterred by a magnitude larger Turkish force on their way to Vienna in 1532, or ban Nikola Šubić Zrinski who helped save Pest from occupation in 1542 and fought in the Battle of Szigetvar in 1566.
He was the third of three children born to Francis I Rákóczi, elected ruling prince of Transylvania, and Jelena Zrinska ( Zrínyi Ilona in Hungarian ), who was the daughter of Petar Zrinski ( Zrínyi Péter in Hungarian ), Ban of Croatia, and niece of the poet Nikola Zrinski ( Zrínyi Miklós in Hungarian ).

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