Ivan II Drašković of Trakošćan
Ivan II Baron Drašković von Trakošćan (* 1550 at Trakošćan Castle (?); † 1613 in Pressburg ) was a Ban of Croatia from the Drašković house .
He was born as the son of Gašpar Freiherr Drašković (German: Kaspar ) and his wife Katarina Székely von Ormož .
In 1593 he took part in the Battle of Sissek , which ended with a great victory for the Croats and Austrians. From 1596 to 1608 he was Ban of Croatia .
Ivan Drašković was Emperor Rudolf II's chamberlain, secretary and court war councilor, general of the cavalry, chief appointee of Kreutz County, fought with distinction against the Turks, in 1597 horrified the fortress of Petrinia, which was besieged by the Turks, and was particularly involved in the masterful retreat from Kanizsa (10th century) . October 1600) the most important part. In the Bocskay uprising , he kept Croatia loyal to the emperor, defeated the Hungarian rebels and thus helped bring about the peace of 1606, whereupon he resigned the banu dignity, the post of court war council, commanding general in the Kingdom of Hungary on the other side of the Danube and Tavernicorum regalium magistri but maintained. He died in Pozsony / Pressburg in 1613.
Ivan Draskovic is to be regarded as the real founder of Freemasonry in the Slavic south.
literature
- Wilhelm Edler von Janko : Draskowics: Johann Graf v. D., Baron of Trakostyan . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 5, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, p. 382.
- International Masonic Lexicon; Eugen Lennhoff, Oskar Posner, Dieter A. Binder
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Drašković of Trakošćan, Ivan II. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Draskowics, Johann Graf von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | General of the cavalry, Ban of Croatia |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1550 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Trakošćan Castle , Croatia |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1613 |
| Place of death | Pressburg |