The activities of Brethren of the Croatian Dragon in building the cult of Zrinski and Frankopan until 1921.

Petar Zrinski i Fran Krsto Frankopan, ugledni hrvatski velikaši, smaknuti su 30. travnja 1671. godine u Bečkom Novigradu zbog podizanja urote protiv bečkog dvora. Sjećanje na spomenute velikaše ponovno će se aktivirati u drugoj polovici 19. stoljeća. U vremenu razvoja nacionalnog identiteta, Zrinski i Frankopan biti će prikazani, uz pomoć ideologije Stranke prava, borcima za hrvatsku slobodu i hrvatsku državu, što će posljedično dovesti do stvaranja zrinsko-frankopanskog kulta. No zbog nepovoljne političke situacije, Stanka prava bila je ograničena u svojim djelovanjima oko širenja i njegovanja kulta. Međutim, njihovu ulogu preuzet će Družba Braće Hrvatskog Zmaja, predvođena Emilom Laszowskim i Velimirom Deželićem. Oni će na kulturnoj razini uzdići kult i uspjeti ostvariti ono što Stranka prava nije. Prvo će provesti akciju ekshumacije i ponovnog ukopa ostataka u svrhu očuvanja ostataka, zatim pokušati skinuti žig izdajništva, a poslije toga i svečani prenijeti ostatke u Hrvatsku. U prethodno spomenutim akcijama, DBHZ pokazala je visok stupanj organiziranosti, vodstva i spremnosti na njegovanje kulta, što će uvelike pridonijeti ugledu Družbi.Petar Zrinski and Fran Krsto Frankopan, prominent Croatian nobles, were executed on April 30, 1671 in Wienna Neustadt for plotting against the Viennese court. The memory of the mentioned nobles will be reactivated in the second half of the 19th century. At the time of the development of national identity, Zrinski and Frankopan will be portrayed, with the help of the ideology of the Party of Rights, as fighters for Croatian freedom and the Croatian state, which will consequently lead to the creation of the Zrinski-Frankopan cult. But due to the unfavorable political situation, the Party of Rights was limited in its actions around spreading and nurturing the cult. However, their role will be taken over by the Society of the Brotherhood of the Croatian Dragon, led by Emil Laszowski and Velimir Deželić. They will elevate the cult on a cultural level and succeed in achieving what the Party of Rights was not. They will first carry out the action of exhumation and reburial of the remains in order to preserve the remains, then the attempt to remove the stamp of treason and after that the ceremonial transfer of the remains to Croatia. In previously mentioned actions, DBHZ has shown a high degree of organization, leadership and willingness to nurture the cult, which will greatly contribute to the reputation of the Society