About Josip Kazimir Drašković
Lived 1716 – 1765 (aged 48–49). Josip Kazimir Drašković was a Hungarian military officer and soldier.
Josip Kazimir Drašković (1716–1765) was a Croatian general who played an important role in the Seven Years' War (1756–1763). He was Count of the noble House of Drašković (Draskovich).
From 1736 to 1739, Drašković took part in the war against the Ottomans, fighting in Serbia and Wallachia.
The couple had a chapel built on Trakošćan Castle grounds in 1754 which still stands that is consecrated to the Holy Cross. Trakoscan Castle is the ancestral home of the Draskovich family and was built in the Baroque Classicism style.
The Holy Mass was once celebrated four times a year, while today, apart from regular Sunday mass, the chapel also hosts traditional castle weddings.
Drašković died in the Klenovnik castle near Ivanec on 9 November 1765.
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Who was Josip Kazimir Drašković?
Croatian general
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Josip Kazimir Drašković was born in 1716 in Trakošćan Castle, Vienna.
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Josip Kazimir Drašković died in 1765 in Vienna.
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Josip Kazimir Drašković was a military officer and soldier.
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Josip Kazimir Drašković was Hungarian.
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