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https://doi.org/10.21857/mzvkptq2n9
Croatian Andrew Kuželj, née Lapić, or Andrä Khrabat von Lappitz – A Contribution to the Research of Croatian Migrations
Krešimir Kužić
orcid.org/0000-0003-3201-539X
; Zagreb
Sažetak
Croatian Andrew Kuželj of Lapić, known also as Andrä Khrabat von Lappitz (1435.-1506.) in German surrounding, is an excellent example of young foreign nobleman who, thanking to his own stamina, resourcefulness, strength of character, loyal wife and above all his loyalty towards Emperors Frederick III and Maximilian I, raised among the leading men of the Habsburg court and their Austrian patrimonial land. The main source of information about him comes from a record in a memoir form, which might be revised in the later times, and our current knowledge of it is based on the Wurmbrand’s text of 1705. Andrew’s father Peter send him to learn language and proper behaviour at the age of ten to South Styria. As a youngster, he travelled in the following of Frederick III to Rome, where the latter married Princess Eleanor of Portugal and was crowned Emperor. Later, Andrew participated in conflicts among magnates and on one occasion came, for the last time, to Croatia. He described Crusaders’ defence of Belgrade of 1456, and following events ending with the death of King Ladislas V. Andrew’s greater rise came in the following period and for it was particularly important Archbishop Johann Beckenschläger of Salzburg. For the archbishop, or, in fact, for Emperor Frederick III, he defended castle of Steyr from the invasion of Hungarian army twice – 1477 and 1484. By helping the emperor in such manner, he received governing positions in several places (Waidhofen, Ybbs i Tulln) and was appointed court councillor, and was even regent of Austria. With the success in service may be compared acquisition of goods and chattels (Leiben, Seisenegg, and so on). He married Elisabeth von Harraß and had with her 5 sons and 6 daughters. He led deliberate marriage policy for his children, and the most interesting case is marriage of his son Johann Baptist with Countess Clare of Krbava, sister of Ban John Torquatus Karlović. His family name von Lappitz comes from the fact that he originated from the old Croatian Lapčani kindred, which had its centre in the areas around upper and lower Una region; this is confirmed also by his family coat-of-arms, while his Croatian origin is visible also from his nickname, Krabat, born by Andrew and three of his sons. From all that remained only armorial depictions on tombstones, because the family died out in male line in 1567, while the last member of the family, Andrew’s great-granddaughter Marusch died in 1614. In that manner ended Andrew’s Wunders und unglaublicher Handl, which started 1452 in the renaissance ceremonial pomp of imperial coronation.
Ključne riječi
autobiography; Croatia; the Pounje region; nobility; migrations; Austria
Hrčak ID:
240563
URI
Datum izdavanja:
31.12.2019.
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