Biography
Petar Zrinski (Hungarian: Zrínyi Péter) was a Croatian Ban (Viceroy) and writer. A member of the Zrinski noble family, he was noted for his role in the attempted Croatian-Hungarian rebellion of 1664-1670 which ultimately led to his execution for high treason.
Petar Zrinski was born in Vrbovec, a small town near Zagreb, the son of Juraj V Zrinski and Magdalena Szechy. His father and great-grandfather (Nikola ?ubić Zrinski) had been viceroys (Ban) of Croatia, which was a nominal Kingdom in personal union with Hungarian Kingdom at the time.
His family had possessed large estates throughout all of Croatia and had family ties with the second largest Croatian landowners, the Frankopan family. He married Anna Katarina, the half-sister of Fran Krsto Frankopan, and they lived in the large Čakovec Castle in Medjimurje, northernmost county of Croatia. ..
