Adam Zrinski

Adam Zrinski (Hungarian: Zrínyi Ádám) (Vienna, 24 December 1662 – Slankamen, 19 August 1691[1]) was a Croatian count and officer in Habsburg monarchy army service, a member of the Zrinski noble family.

His father was killed on 18 November 1664 in a hunting accident by a wounded wild boar (however in suspicious circumstances), when Adam was only two years old.

So he grew up with his mother (until her death in 1676) and sister Marija Katarina (English: Mary Catherine), finishing high education at University of Vienna and in Belgium.

From his father he inherited Bibliotheca Zriniana, one of the largest and most valuable individual compacted libraries ever appeared in Croatia and its surroundings.

During his career Adam Zrinski reached the rank of lieutenant-colonel of the Habsburg monarchy cavalry.