Nikola III. Zrinski
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Croatian nobleman
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| title | Prince | |
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Croatia in personal union with Hungary and (from 1527) in the Habsburg monarchy |
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| Ethnicity | Croatian | |
| House | Zrinski | |
| birth | 1488/9 at Zrin Castle (?) | |
| death | 1534 at Zrin Castle | |
| parents | Prince Petar II. Zrinski (* approx. 1435 - † 1493) and Princess Jelena born. Babonić from Blagaj |
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| wife | Princess Jelena b. Karlović from Krbava |
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| children | Jelena, Margareta, Ivan I., Juraj III., Nikola IV. , Petar III. |
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Nicholas III Šubić von Zrin or Nicholas III. Zrinski ( Croatian Nikola III. Zrinski , Hungarian Zrínyi III. Miklós ; * 1488 or 1489 at Zrin Castle (?); † 1534 ibid) was a Croatian nobleman , diplomat and general from the Zrinski family .
Life
He was born as the son of Petar II. Zrinski (approx. 1435–1493) and his wife Jelena. Babonić was born from Blagaj . When he was a little boy, his father was killed on September 9, 1493 in the battle of the Krbava field . His seat was the castle Zrin, which was about in the middle of his extensive property around the mountains Zrinska gora in central Croatia .
Nikolas life was marked by armed conflicts, because the young Ottoman Sultan Suleyman I advanced with his army to the west and conquered large parts of Croatia and Hungary in a few years . This led to the fact that after the Battle of Mohács (1526) the Croatian assembly of estates ( Sabor ) met in Cetingrad and on January 1, 1527 with the charter of Cetingrad Ferdinand I of Habsburg (1503-1564), Archduke of Austria , to the Croatian King chose. Zrinski played a crucial role in this. His seal is on the charter, along with five other seals of the most respected Croatian aristocrats.
Zrinski had contact with the Archduke earlier, as Ferdinand financially supported the defense of Croatia against the Ottomans. It is known that Zrinski visited the Archduke on October 22, 1524 in Vienna . There he agreed to the assignment of two of his fortresses (Novigrad an der Una and Dobra Njiva) on condition that they received an Austrian occupation. In addition, the Habsburg gave the Croatian funds for a unit consisting of 50 cavalrymen . This laid the seed for the future Croatian military border.
Like his father Petar II, Nikola had his own silver coins minted in the Gvozdansko Castle at the beginning of the 16th century . He had mines , silver huts , foundries and a mint in which different types of coins, such as crowns , Denar , Filir or dimes were minted.
Nikola III. Zrinski died in 1534 and was buried in Zrin at a time when the Ottoman threat was growing. A little later, his family was forced to leave their old property and flee to the northwest.
Marriage and offspring
His wife Jelena Zrinski b. Karlović von Krbava from the noble family Gusić bore him six children: Jelena, Margareta, Ivan I, Juraj III., Nikola IV. And Petar III. His son Nikola IV. Zrinski, one of the most famous heroes in Croatian history, died in 1566 during the siege of Szigetvár .
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| SURNAME | Zrinski, Nikola III. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Šubić von Zrin, Nicholas III. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Croatian nobleman, diplomat and general from the Zrinski family |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1488 or 1489 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zrin Castle |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1534 |
| Place of death | Zrin Castle |