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Ilona Zrinyi

Jelena Zrinska
Zrínyi Ilona
Countess
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Zrínyi Ilona (1643–1703), photo of portrait from the Hungarian National Museum
Born 1643
Ozalj, Kingdom of Croatia within the Habsburg Monarchy
Died 18 February 1703
Izmit, Ottoman Empire
Burial St. Elisabeth Cathedral in Košice,
present-day Slovakia
Spouse Francis I Rákóczi,
Imre Thököly
Issue György (Juraj),
Julianna Borbála (Julijana Barbara),
Ferenc (Franjo),
Erzsébet (Elizabeta)
House House of Zrinski
Father Petar Zrinski, Ban (viceroy) of Croatia
Mother Katarina Zrinska née Frankopan

Countess Ilona Zrínyi (Croatian: Jelena Zrinska, Hungarian: Zrínyi Ilona) (*Ozalj, 1643; †Izmit, 18 February 1703) was one of the last surviving members of the Croatian Zrinski/Zrínyi noble family and one of the greatest heroines of Croatian and Hungarian history. She was the daughter of Petar Zrinski, Ban (viceroy) of Croatia, and the wife of Francis Rákóczi I and Imre Thököly, as well as the mother of Francis Rákóczi II.

Ilona Zrínyi was a notable heroine and combatant in the struggle for national liberation of Croatia and Hungary in the 17th century from the absolutistic reign of the members of ruling Austrian Habsburg dynasty.

Ilona was born Jelena Zrinska in Ozalj, Croatia. She was the eldest child of Croatian Ban Petar Zrinski and his wife Katarina Zrinska née Frankopan, a Croatian poet. Later her parents had two daughters, Judita Petronila (*1652 – †1699) and Aurora Veronika (*1658 – †1735), as well as a son Ivan Antun (*1651 – †1703). Ilona and her siblings were the last generation of descendants of the once-powerful Zrinski family.


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