Count Franjo Frankopan Cetinski , was a Croatia

Croatia

Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...

n nobleman and Latinist.

Frankopan was the son of knez (prince) Ivan Frankopan Cetinski

Ivan Frankopan Cetinski

Ivan IX Frankopan Cetinski , a member of Cetin branch of the Frankopan noble family and a grandson of Ivan VI Frankopan, the knez of Cetin, was a Croatian nobleman. He died on September 9, 1493, in Battle of Krbava field. His son Ivan X Franjo Frankopan became archbishop of Kalocsa.-External...

 and the member of Cetin

Cetin

The fortress of Cetin is situated south of Cetingrad above the village of Podcetin, in Croatia. The time of foundation of Cetin is unfortunately still unknown. There are some indications that the settlement existed there in the times of the Roman Empire. The parish of All Saints was first...

 branch of the Frankopan

Frankopan

The Frankopans are a Croatian noble family. Also called Frankapan, Frangepán in Hungarian, and Frangipani in Italian.The Frankopan family is the leading princely Croatian aristocratic family which dates back to the 12th Century and even earlier to Roman times...

 family. His given name was Ivan, but after joining the Franciscan

Franciscan

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 order he took the name Franjo. He followed the steps of his uncle Grgur and became archbishop of Kalocsa and bishop of Eger. He also served as diplomat on the court of Janos Zapolya. In 1541, he attended the Diet of Regensburg where he made a speech against the Turk

Ottoman Empire

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s (Oratio reverendissimi in Christo patris) which was soon printed.