Petar Erdödy
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Petar Erdödy (Erdődy: a hungarian noble family in the Kingdom of Hungary since the Middle Ages) was the ban of Croatia from 1557 to 1567 and the founding member of the Croatian branch of the Erdödy noble family.
Petar was born in 1504. He succeeded the famous Nikola Šubić Zrinski as ban in 1557. He firstgained notoriety with a series of military victories against the Ottoman Empire in 1552, including setting fire to Gradiška with Juraj Frankopan.
He died in 1557. His son Toma Erdödy later became ban as well.
| Preceded by Nikola Šubić Zrinski |
Ban of Croatia 1557-1567 |
Succeeded by Lucas Zekel |
