Career
Péter was born around 1504. He was the son of Peter I Erdődy, the nephew of Tamás Bakócz. He succeeded the famous Nikola Šubić Zrinski as ban in 1557.
He first gained notoriety with a series of military victories against the Ottoman Empire in 1552, including setting fire to Gradiška with Juraj Frankopan.
He was given the titles of Reichsgraf in 1565 and Reichsfürst in 1566 by Maximilian World War II Because he died soon (one year) after that, the titles weren"t nostrificated. But the title of Reichsfürst got forgotten.
He died in 1567 in Jastrebarsko.