Johann Katzianer - Castle Chapel of St George - Ljubljanski Grad - Ljubljana - Coats of Arms on Waymarking.com

Coat of Arms of Johann Katzianer on the ceiling of the Castle Chapel of St George, Ljubljanski Grad, Ljubljana. The arms bear the legend 'Hans
Kazianer Freyh. von Kazenstein A 1537 stirbt 25. Ober. 1538 begr. zu Oberburg'.

"Johann Katzianer (Slovene: Ivan Kacijanar), or Hans Katzianer, Freiherr zu Katzenstein und Fledingen (1491, Begunje (German: Vigaun) – 27 October 1539, Hrvatska Kostajnica) was a Carniolan aristocrat and an Imperial Army commander.

He is first mentioned in 1527 when Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor gathered an army to support his claims on the throne of Hungary, which had become vacant after King Louis II of Hungary was killed in the Battle of Mohács against the Turks.
Katzianer took part in Ferdinand's Hungarian campaign of 1527–1528 against the voivode of Transylvania John Zápolya, who had also been proclaimed King, supported by a large faction of the nobility in the Hungarian kingdom.

Katzianer distinguished himself in the Battle of Tarcal in September 1527 and especially in the Battle of Szina in March 1528, but alienated himself from the population by the violence and misbehaviour of his troops.

In 1529 he participated in the defense of Vienna against Suleiman the Great. At the head of the light cavalry he harassed the retreating Turks and liberated many Christian prisoners.[citation needed]

After the death of Nicholas, Count of Salm, he was named commander in chief (Obristfeldhauptmann) of the troops in Hungary, where he held off under difficult circumstances new attacks from John Zápolya and Suleiman the Great. He gained a great victory in the Battle of Leobersdorf where he destroyed a Turkish army led by Kasim Bey.

In 1537 he was commander of an army of 24.000 men to besiege Osijek. The campaign was a complete disaster and Katzianer was blamed for fleeing and abandoning his army to be annihilated in the Battle of Ðakovo. He was arrested and sent to Vienna to be tried, but escaped before the verdict on 31 January 1538 to Zrinski Castle in Croatia.

Here he contacted enemies of the Habsburgs to plot against Ferdinand, but the young Count Nikola Šubic Zrinski had him murdered, and was stabbed during dinner."

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Bearer of Coat of Arms: Noble (aristocratic) family Full name of the bearer: Johann Katzianer (Baron Janez Kacijaner / Hans Kazianer Freyh. von Kazenstein) Where is Coat of Arms installed (short description) ?: Ceiling of the Castle Chapel of St George - Ljubljanski Grad - Ljubljana Material / Design: Painting on plaster Blazon (heraldic description): Slovene - razčetverjen — 1. in 4. na ziatem vzpet črn brak, 2. in 3. na modrem vzpet zlat brak. Dva šlema s kronama, na desnem se dviga črn brak, na levem plapolata dve zastavi z razcepljenimi konci, sprednja trikrat rdečezlato, zadnja trikrat modrozlato deljena (na levem plapolajo tri zastave.spredaj rdeča s srebrnim stolpom, srednja rdečesrebrnordeče deljena in zadnja modrosrebmomodro deljena). Pregrinjalo: desno zlatočrno, levo zlatomodro (levo modrozlato). Napis: Hans Kazianer Freyh. von Kazenstein A 1537 stirbt 25. Ober. 1538 begr. zu Oberburg. SOURCE - www.dlib.si/stream/URN:NBN:SI:doc...4f60.../PDF Address: St George's Chapel Ljubljana Castle Ljubljana 1000 Slovenia Web page about the structure where is Coat of Arms installed (if exists): [Web Link] Web page about the bearer of Coat of Arms (if exists): [Web Link]

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