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- BIOGRAPHY
Christoph (known in Croatian as Krsto) was the son of Johann III Ungnad, Freiherr zu Sonnegg, and Freiin Anna Maria von Thurn auf Friedrichstein.
In 1557 Christoph, as a captain in the Croatian army, defeated the Turks in Koprivnica. Before becoming Ban of Croatia he was commander of Varazdin. He assumed the role of Ban in 1578. During his reign he is known to have settled a land dispute in Turopolje. He also lost territory to Ottoman Bosnia and the Croatian border was pushed north from the river Una to the Kupa.
Like his father, Christoph was a proponent of the Protestant Reformation, and it made some gains in Croatia during his rule.
In 1569 Christoph and his wife Anna Losonczy had a daughter Anna Maria who married Graf Tamás Erdödy de Monyorókerék, a later Ban of Croatia, and they had a son Kristof who would have progeny.
Christoph died in 1585.
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