Péter Erdödy (Erdődy: a Hungarian noble family in the Kingdom of Hungary

Kingdom of Hungary

The Kingdom of Hungary comprised present-day Hungary, Slovakia and Croatia , Transylvania , Carpatho Ruthenia , Vojvodina , Burgenland , and other smaller territories surrounding present-day Hungary's borders...

 and Croatia

Kingdom of Croatia (Habsburg)

The Kingdom of Croatia was an administrative division that existed between 1527 and 1868 within the Habsburg Monarchy . The Kingdom was a part of the Lands of the Crown of St. Stephen, but was subject to direct Imperial Austrian rule for significant periods of time, including its final years...

 since the Middle Ages) was the ban

Ban (title)

Ban was a title used in several states in central and south-eastern Europe between the 7th century and the 20th century.-Etymology:The word ban has entered the English language probably as a borrowing from South Slavic ban, meaning "lord, master; ruler". The Slavic word is probably borrowed from...

 of 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 ...

 from 1557 to 1567 and the founding member of the Croatian branch of the Erdödy

Erdody

Erdődy is the name of a Hungarian noble family in the Kingdom of Hungary . The Habsburg Monarchy granted them the title Graf / Gräfin....

 noble family.

Péter was born in 1504. He was the son of Peter I. Erdődy, the nephew of Tamas Bakocz He succeeded the famous Nikola Šubić Zrinski

Nikola Šubic Zrinski

Nikola Šubić Zrinski , was a Croatian nobleman and general in service of Habsburg Monarchy, ban of Croatia from 1542 to 1556, and member of the Zrinski noble family...

 as ban in 1557. He first gained notoriety with a series of military victories against the Ottoman Empire

Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries...

 in 1552, including setting fire to Gradiška

Gradiška

Gradiška is a town and municipality in northwestern Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Before the Bosnian War, it was also known as Bosanska Gradiška . Gradiška is situated in the northern part of the Bosnia and Herzegovina and is one of the eastern most municipalities of the Bosanska...

 with Juraj Frankopan.

He was given the titles of "Reichsgraf" in 1565 and "Reichsfürst" in 1566 by Maximilian II. Because he died soon (one year) after that, the titles weren't nostrificated. The title of "Reichsgraf" was nostrificated in 1580 for his two sons Thomas II. and Peter III. by Rudolf II. But the title of "Reichsfürst" got forgotten.

He died in 1567. His first son Toma Erdödy

Toma Erdödy

Count Tamás Erdődy was a Croatian ban and member of the Erdödy noble family .He succeeded Krsto Ungnad as ban in 1583. He was the son of former ban Petar Erdödy. During his reign he scored many victories against the Ottoman Empire's armies. His first victory occurred near Slunj in 1584. In 1591...

 later became ban as well.