Succeeded by Sigismund Erdody Parents Juraj IV Zrinski Name Juraj Zrinski | Religion Roman Catholic Spouse(s) Magdalena nee Szechy | |
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Preceded by Nikola Frankopan of Trzac Born 31 January 1599
Cakovec, Habsburg Monarchy ( 1599-01-31 ) Resting place Pauline monastery in Sveta Jelena, Croatia Died December 28, 1626, Bratislava, Slovakia Children Petar Zrinski, Miklos Zrinyi Grandchildren Ilona Zrinyi, Adam Zrinski, Judita Petronela Zrinski, Aurora Veronika Zrinski, Ivan Antun Zrinski Similar People Petar Zrinski, Miklos Zrinyi, Juraj IV Zrinski, Nikola Subic Zrinski, Katarina Zrinska | ||
Grandparents Nikola Subic Zrinski | ||
Juraj V Zrinski (Hungarian: V. Zrínyi György) (31 January 1599 – 28 December 1626) was a Croatian Ban (viceroy), warrior and member of the Zrinski noble family.
Biography
Juraj V Zrinski was born in Čakovec, a town in the Međimurje County, the northernmost county of Croatia. He was the grandson of one of the greatest Croatian Ban, Nikola Šubić Zrinski, who died in the tragic and heroic Siege of Szigetvár (Croatian: Sigetska bitka), at a town in the western Hungary where the Ottoman invasion to Vienna had been stopped.
He was the son of Count Juraj IV Zrinski, Master of the treasury in the Kingdom of Hungary and Croatia, and Countess Sofija Zrinski née Stubenberg. Educated in Protestantism, he later turned to Catholicism and "purified" his estates from Lutheranism.
On 15 November 1622 Zrinski was appointed Ban of Croatia. At that time, he was widely recognized as a brave and courageous warrior. He fought the Turks in many battles.
His wife Magdalena née Széchy bore him two children: Nikola Zrinski and Petar Zrinski, who both later became distinguished Croatian bans and died a violent death.
Juraj Zrinski died in a military camp near Pressburg, during the Thirty Years' War. His chivalry and rapier-tonguedness were, unfortunately, a thorn in his superior's, general Albrecht von Wallenstein's, side and von Wallenstein had Zrinski poisoned after a verbal duel in 1626. At an age of only 27, the ban was buried in Pauline monastery of Sveta Jelena (St. Helen in English) near Čakovec, next to the graves of his ancestors.