Drašković family
Croatian noble family
The House of Drašković (English: Draskovich), is a prominent Croatian noble family, supposedly descended from an old Croatian noble tribe of Kršelac, Stupić or Poletčić, while others considered the Mogorović family but it is less likely because they had a different coat of arms.
History
There is no reliable data on the family before the 15th century. The first reliable information is provided by three documents written in Glagolitic alphabet in 1490 (mentioning "35 noblemen of the Drašković family" from 18 families), kept at the Budapest National Archives. In the 15th century, they owned an estate of Zažično in the Buška župa in Lika, and at Bilina near Knin in Dalmatia, which is why Bartol, who started the family's noble line, was in a document from 1520, referred to as "Kninjanin" ("from Knin"). His son Juraj was born in Bilina in 1525.
In the first half of the 16th century, due to the Turkish threat, Bartol moved to the Kupa river valley in Croatia proper. Juraj's younger brother Gašpar was made a baron in 1567 and given Trakošćan Castle in 1569. After that, the family members were referred to as "Trakošćanski" ("from or of Trakošćan").
The Drašković family also occupied the Klenovnik Castle, the largest in Croatia before renovating Trakošćan in the mid-19th century. Klenovnik still stands as a hospital.
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