Frankopan (noble family)

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Frankopan ( Croatian Frankapani or Frankopani ) is the name of an old Croatian princely family .

history

The descent from the princely Italian family Frangipani , also known as Frankapan , Frangipan , Frangepan and in Hungarian Frangepán , has never been documented and is to be regarded as ancestral legend (analogous to the forefather Čech et al.). The Frangepan appear on the Croatian island of Krk as early as the 12th century under the name of the Lords of Veglia (= Krk) .

In 1193 the Hungarian-Croatian King Bela II left the town and the Modruš Castle , later called Tržan Castle, and the land belonging to it, to the 3rd son of Dujam I, Bartol II, Prince of Krk , and the land that belonged to it and the wealth of his race was established. The possessions of the noble family were later threatened both from the east by the Ottomans and from the south by the Venetians. However, the power of this noble family grew until the seventeenth century.

Nikola Šubić Zrinski , the son-in-law of Christoph Frankopan , achieved great fame as the hero of Siget . After the Zrinski-Frankopan conspiracy , when Fran Krsto Frankopan rose against the Habsburg Emperor Leopold, he was executed in Wiener Neustadt in 1671 . The Frankopan died out in the male line.

coat of arms

Family coat of arms (until 1430) and the coat of arms of those of Frangepan, which has been used since the 15th century
  • The family coat of arms (seal from 1356) shows a six-pointed golden star in a shield divided by red and gold. On the helmet with red and gold covers a closed flight marked like the shield.
  • The coat of arms, which has been in use since the beginning of the 15th century, shows two golden lions facing each other in blue, holding up three loaves of bread with their front paws. On the helmet with blue and gold covers, mostly red and gold ostrich feathers alternate.

Known members of the family

Grave of Nikolaus Frankopan. The Latin inscription reads: "This is where Nikolaus Franchapanibus, Count of Krk-Senj-Modrusch rests"
  • Johann (Croatian Ivan , Hungarian János ) († 1393), Ban of Croatia
  • Nikolaus sen. (Croatian Nikola , Hungarian Miklós ) († 1432), son of Johann Frankopan, Ban of Croatia
  • Nikolaus jun. (Croatian Nikola , Hungarian Miklós ) († 1458), son of Nikolaus Frankopan, Ban of Croatia ∞ Barbara († 1430), daughter Reinprecht II. von Walsee , captain of Upper Austria and Katharina von Duino († 1435)
  • Bernardin Frankopan (1453–1529), son of Stjepan II. Frankopan von Modruš († 1481) and his wife Ižota (Isotta) born. d'Este
  • Beatrice de Frangepan (* 1480; † approx. March 27, 1510), daughter of Bernardin , by marriage to the Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach
  • Stephan (Croatian Stjepan , Hungarian István ) († 1481), son of Nikolaus Frankopan, Ban of Croatia
  • Christoph (Croatian Kristof , Hungarian Kristóf ) († 1527), grandson of Stephan Frankopan, 1527 Ban of Croatia
  • Katherina (Croatian Katarina , Hungarian Katalin ), daughter of Christoph Frankopan. Married to Ban Nikola Šubić Zrinski in 1543
  • Franz (1567–1573), Ban of Croatia
  • Nikolaus Frankopan († 1647), Croatian count and Ban of Croatia
  • Vuk Krsto Frankopan (1578–1652), leader of the city of Ogulin and general
  • Nikolaus von Tržac ( Tersacz / Tsatz) († 1647), Ban of Croatia 1617–1622
  • Ana Katarina Frankopan-Zrinski (1625–1673), wife of Petar Zrinski, sister of Fran Krsto Frankopan, Croatian patroness and writer, involved in the uprising of the magnates
  • Fran Krsto Frankopan (German Franz Christoph ) (beheaded 1671), leading participant in the Zrinski-Frankopan conspiracy, last member of the Croatian-Hungarian family

See also: Family table of the Croatian noble family Frankopan .

gallery

Own

Many of the Frankopan's castles have been preserved in Croatia, most of them in the Gorski kotar region and on the island of Krk . Some of them are:

literature

  • J. Siebmacher's large and general book of arms, Volume IV, Section 3; The nobility of the Kingdom of Dalmatia; Author: F. Heyer von Rosenfeld; Publication: Nuremberg: Bauer & Raspe, 1878, p. 44, plate 30
  • J. Siebmacher's large and general book of arms, Volume IV, Section 13; The nobility of Croatia and Slavonia; Author: I. von Bojnicic; Publication: Nuremberg: Bauer & Raspe, 1899, p. 48, plate 35
  • Manfred Stoy: Frankapani , in: Biographical Lexicon for the History of Southeast Europe . Vol. 1. Munich 1974, pp. 522-524

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ J. Siebmacher's large and general book of arms, Volume IV, Section 13; The nobility of Croatia and Slavonia; Author: I. von Bojnicic; Publication: Nuremberg: Bauer & Raspe, 1899, p. 48