person
Ilona Zrínyi
also: Zrínyi Ilona, Helena Zrinska
Ilona Zrínyi (1643–1703), Hungarian noblewoman who led the three-year defense of Munkács Castle against Habsburg forces and was mother of Ferenc Rákóczi II. For Madách the supreme example of female heroism through purely womanly virtues.
Reading notes
- On Women and Their Vocation §1 Ilona Zrínyi
Ilona Zrínyi (1643–1703), Hungarian noblewoman who led the defense of Munkács Castle against Habsburg forces for three years (1685–1688); mother of Ferenc Rákóczi II. Madách presents her as the supreme instance of female heroism achieved through purely womanly virtues.