Mlakovečki (noble family)

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Mlakovečki
Grb Mlakovečkih.JPG
Country Croatia ,
Habsburg Monarchy
Parent company Mlakovečki
founding 16th Century
Ethnicity Hungarian
founder Ivan Mlakovečki
Current chief extinct
Grave slab of Nikola I. Mlakovečki (* 1547; † 1603) in the Museum of Međimurje in Čakovec

Mlakovečki ( German Mlakowetschki ; Hungarian Malakóczi , Malakóczy , Malikoczy ) is the name of a Croatian noble family that originally came from Hungary and reached their peak in the 16th and 17th centuries. The members of the sex were connected through marriage with the important and influential noble family Zrinski from northern Croatia, as well as appointed to several state and military ranks .

historical overview

In the Međimurje region , members of the family have been mentioned in written sources since the first half of the 16th century. On April 4, 1540, Gašpar Ernušt sold the entire Jurovec estate at Sveti Martin na Muri to Ivan (Simonić) Mlakovečki. Croatian-Hungarian King Ferdinand I von Habsburg later confirmed this twice, in 1552 and 1554. This fact is important because his neighbor and the owner of most of Međimurjes was then (from 1542 to 1556) the Ban (Viceroy) of Croatia Nikola Šubić Zrinski , the most famous and powerful Croatian nobleman of his time.

Ivan's successor Nikola I. Mlakovečki (* 1547; † 1603) had very good relationships with Juraj Zrinski , the son of the Croatian Ban. Both converted to Protestantism and spread it together. Nikola I bought some additional manors from Zrinski and expanded his property in northern Međimurje, including Gradiščak , Lapšina , Bukovje , Vratišinec , Novakovec and Žabnik . He himself was known as a very robust and strong person and served as the commander of the military units in southern Hungary in the numerous battles against the Turks. After his death he was buried in Sveti Martin na Muri and his grave slab has been preserved to this day; it is in the Museum of Međimurje in Čakovec .

Nikola II Susedgradski (of Susedgrad), son of the previous one, became a baron and acquired new properties. He was lord of Susedgrad near Zagreb, one of the most important castles in central Croatia, and was considered the richest and most respected nobleman of the Protestant faith. After the death of the young Croatian Ban Juraj V. Zrinski in 1626 in the military camp near Pressburg , Nikola II married his widow Magdalena (née Széchy). He was mentioned in 1641 in a letter from bishop Benedikt Vinković of Zagreb , where the bishop asked the baron to renounce Protestantism and to withdraw to Catholicism , which was unsuccessful.

In addition to Susedgrad and smaller holdings in Međimurje, the family also owned Opeka , Oroslavje and Stubički Golubovec . The last Mlakovečki, Nikola III., Was last mentioned in 1667, and later there was no information about her.

coat of arms

Blazon : Blue lion growing out of a golden crown on a green hill. Gem: the lion.

Castles and Palaces

The noble Mlakovečki family owned a number of castles and chateaus in what was then Croatia, mostly in northern regions , including the Lapšina and Susedgrad castles and the Opeka and Donje Oroslavje castles .

literature

  • Ivan von Bojnicic: J. Siebmacher's large and general book of arms…: The nobility of Croatia and Slavonia , Nuremberg 1899, p. 108 and plate 77. Web link
  • Vladimir Kalšan: History of Međimurje , Čakovec 2006.

See also

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