Ivan Antun Zrinski
Johann IV. Anton Balthasar Šubić von Zrin ( Croatian Ivan IV. Antun Baltazar Zrinski , Hungarian Zrínyi IV. János Antal ; * 1651 in Ozalj (?); † November 11, 1703 in Graz ) was a Croatian nobleman from the house of Zrinski , who last male offspring of his noble family.
Life
Johann IV. Anton Balthasar Zrinski he was the only son of Petar Zrinski , Ban of Croatia , and his wife Ana Katarina born. Frankopan . He was trained in Prague and spoke seven foreign languages.
When his father led the Zrinski-Frankopan conspiracy against the Croatian-Hungarian King Leopold , Ivan Antun was still a child. After the failed rebellion, his family lost their fortune. Although he remained loyal to the king, Zrinski became a hidden threat to Leopold in the opinion of the Viennese court. In 1683 he was finally accused of high treason and arrested. He spent twenty years in Austrian prisons and dungeons (for example Rattenburg in Tyrol and Schlossberg in Graz ).
Bad health from imprisonment, Zrinski died of pneumonia on November 11, 1703 in Graz and was secretly buried in the Dominican monastery. The Count's remains were reburied in the Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Zagreb in 1944 .
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| SURNAME | Zrinski, Ivan Antun |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Zrinski, Johann Anton (German); Zrínyi, János Antal (Hungarian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Croatian nobleman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1651 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | unsure: Ozalj |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 11, 1703 |
| Place of death | Graz |