Frankapan, Fran Kristo b. 1643 d. March 30, 1671 Croatian Historical Figure. Fran Kristo Frankapan was known for his seventeenth-century victories (with Petar Zrinski) against the Ottoman Empire. These victories were reversed, however, when the lands they had gained were partitioned by treaties between the Ottomans and the Habsburg Empire. Following a failed plot to overthrow Austrian rule, Frankapan and Zrinski were both taken captive by the Austrian Habsburgs on April 18, 1670 and their estates were looted. During his captivity, Frankapan...[Read More] (Bio by: Stuthehistoryguy) Cathedral Assumption of Virgin Mary and St Stephen, Zagreb, City of Zagreb (Grad Zagreb), Croatia
Stepinac, Louis (Aloyusius) Victor b. May 8, 1898 d. February 10, 1960 Croatian Prelate. He was the controversial WWII religious leader of Catholics in Nazi occupied Croatia then a part of now defunct Yugoslavia. He was born Aloysius Victor Stepinac into a farming family, the eighth among twelve children in the tiny village of Brezaric. Stepinac would return full circle by virtue of a government imposed house arrest to the Parish hall and rectory of Holy Trinity Church located in Krasic a short distance from his birth place. He would live out his life here...[Read More] (Bio by: Donald Greyfield) Cathedral Assumption of Virgin Mary and St Stephen, Zagreb, City of Zagreb (Grad Zagreb), Croatia Plot: Above-ground sarcophagus, rear main altar
Zrinski, Petar b. 1621 d. March 30, 1671 Croatian Historical Figure. Petar Zrinski was Ban of Croatia in the seventeenth century, and was known for his victories (with Fran Krsto Frankapan) against the Ottoman Empire. These victories were reversed, however, when the lands they had gained were partitioned by treaties between the Ottomans and the Habsburg Empire. Following a failed plot to overthrow Austrian rule, Zrinski and Frankapan were both taken captive by the Austrian Habsburgs and their estates were looted. Zrinski's letter to...[Read More] (Bio by: Stuthehistoryguy) Cathedral Assumption of Virgin Mary and St Stephen, Zagreb, City of Zagreb (Grad Zagreb), Croatia
b. May 8, 1898 d. February 10, 1960