PETAR ZRINSKI

Croatian governor, military leader and poet. He was born in Vrbovec, the site east of Zagreb, and died 30.4.1671.u Wiener Neustadt.

Peter Zrinski was born in Vrbovec place east of Zagreb, and died 30.4.1671.u Wiener Neustadt. His father was a Croatian viceroy Juraj (V) Zrinski, and his mother Countess Magdalena Széchy. He was the grandson of Nikola Subic Zrinski Szigetvar hero, a grandson of George (IV) Zrinski, who gave the first Croatian printed book on kajkavski "Decretum Tripartitum" in Nedelišće end Cakovec 1574th year. The 1643rd he married the Countess Catherine Zrinski, half-sister Fran Krsto Frankopan. They had four children, John (born 1643rd), John Anthony (born 1651st), Judith Dawn Petronelli and Veronica. After the death of his elder brother Nicholas in late 1664th, Peter Zrinski the 1665th Croatian Governor appointed, but officially took office only in the year 1668th Due to various political calculations of the Viennese court. Peter is also like an older brother, was a great warrior who became famous in many battles. How was a great warrior and a great hero, is best explained by the fact that the King called Peter "the shield of Christianity and the horror of the Turks." Peter Zrinski was also a poet, and the year 1660. translated from the Hungarian language in Venice issued a famous poem of his brother Nicholas Zrinski Čakovec "Siren of the Adriatic Sea."