Miklós Erdődy de Monyorókerék et Monoszló (Croatian: Nikola III Erdödy) (1630 – 7 June 1693)[1] was a Croatian ban of Hungarian descent. He was a member of the Erdődy noble family and a Hungarian count.[2][3]
Miklós Erdődy Nikola III Erdödy | |
|---|---|
| Ban of Croatia | |
| In office March 1670 – 7 June 1693 | |
| Preceded by | Petar Zrinski |
| Succeeded by | Adam II. Batthyány |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1630 |
| Died | 7 June 1693 Aranyosmarót, Kingdom of Hungary |
| Resting place | Zagreb Cathedral, Croatia |
| Parent(s) | Vuk I Erdődy Barbara Turóczy |
| Military service | |
| Battles/wars | Great Turkish War |
He succeeded Petar Zrinski as ban in 1671. In 1684 he began his most notable undertaking, driving Ottoman forces out of Slavonia. Virovitica was liberated from the Ottoman rule in 1684. In 1688 the city of Kostajnica was liberated, and Slavonski Brod was liberated by 1691.[2]
Erdődy died in 1693. However, his work was carried on by his successor Adam II. Batthyány. The wars against the Ottoman Empire throughout the region eventually led to the Treaty of Karlowitz in 1699.
References
edit- ^ Hrvatska enciklopedija: Erdődy, Nikola III. Archived 2015-07-08 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b "The Palffy Family of Erdödy". Region-palffy.eu. Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2012-09-07.
- ^ "Kesselsdorf (Slovakia)". Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 2012-09-07.
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