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Count Krsto II Oršić Slavetićki (Christopher II Orshich of Slavetić), (1718-1782) was a Croatian

Croats

Croats are a South Slavic ethnic group mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. There are around 4 million Croats living inside Croatia and up to 4.5 million throughout the rest of the world. Responding to political, social and economic pressure, many Croats have...

nobleman and high-ranking officer

Officer (armed forces)

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in the Habsburg Monarchy

Habsburg Monarchy

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imperial army service, a member of the Oršić noble family.

Life

Krsto Oršić was the son of Bernard III Oršić Slavetićki and his wife Ana née

NEE

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Patačić. He was educated in Bologna

Bologna

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and Vienna

Vienna

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. In 1741 he devoted himself to military career, taking part in several wars and many battles like War of the Austrian Succession

War of the Austrian Succession

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and Seven Years' War

Seven Years' War

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. He achieved the rank of Field Marshal

Field Marshal

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.

During his lifetime, Oršić performed some other duties as well, for instance the assessor at the Croatian Parliament seat in Zagreb and grand župan

Grand Zupan

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of Zagreb County. In 1744, he married the Hungarian

Hungary

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countess, Josipa (Jozefa) Zichy (1725-1778) who bore him sons Adam (1748-1820) and Franjo (1758-1807).

As a descendant of a distinguished and rich noble family, he owned a large number of castles, palaces and estates in Croatia

Kingdom of Croatia (Habsburg)

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, e.g. Gornja Stubica Castle

Oršić Castle in Gornja Stubica

Oršić Castle is a baroque castle in the Gornja Stubica municipality, Krapina-Zagorje County, northwestern Croatia.-History:It was built in 1756 by Croatian count Krsto Oršić // on the site of a previous fortress from the Middle Ages and designed in L-shaped ground plan...

, Gornja Bistra Castle at Zaprešić

Zaprešic

Zaprešić is a city in Zagreb County in Croatia. Its population is 25.875 inhabitants for the city proper, and over 51,000 for its seven-municipality metropolitan area. Zaprešić is the third-largest, and most densely populated division of the county. It is located northwest of the Croatian capital...

, Slavetić Castle at Jastrebarsko

Jastrebarsko

- Antiquity :In 1865, remnants of a Roman settlement were uncovered in Repišće, Klinča Sela, a village in Jastrebarsko metropolitan area. Further archeological investigation in the late 20th century classified them as a villa rustica and a necropolis consisting of six tumuli, both dating to...

, Jurketinec Castle at Varaždin

Varaždin

Varaždin is a city in north Croatia, north of Zagreb on the highway A4. The total population is 47,055, with 38,746 on of the city settlement itself . The centre of Varaždin county is located near the Drava river, at...

, castle in Severin na Kupi

Severin na Kupi

Severin na Kupi is a village in Croatia. It is part of Vrbovsko in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County. It is connected by the D3 highway.-References:...

and palaces in Zagreb

Zagreb

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and Varaždin

Varaždin

. On the site of a previous fortress from the Middle Ages

Middle Ages

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in Gornja Stubica

Gornja Stubica

Gornja Stubica is in the Krapina-Zagorje county in Croatia. According to the 2001 census, there are 5,726 inhabitants in the area. An absolute majority of them which are Croats....

, he had a brand new baroque

Baroque

The Baroque is a period and the style that used exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted detail to produce drama, tension, exuberance, and grandeur in sculpture, painting, literature, dance, and music...

castle built in 1756. Between 1770 and 1775 he had another baroque

Baroque

castle constructed on his Gornja Bistra estate.

After he retired from the army, Krsto Oršić withdrew with his wife Josipa to his newly built Gornja Bistra castle, where they spent their last years together. Josipa soon died (in 1778 in neighbouring Oroslavje

Oroslavje

Oroslavje is a town and municipality in Krapina-Zagorje county in Croatia. In the 2011 census, there were 6,124 inhabitants in the following settlements:* Andraševec, population 864* Krušljevo Selo, population 528* Mokrice, population 746...

) and Krsto lived alone until his death in Zagreb

Zagreb

in 1782.

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