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Francis II Rákóczi

Francis II Rákóczi
Prince of Transylvania, Ruling Prince of Hungary
II. Rákóczi Ferenc Mányoki.jpg
Francis II Rákóczi (painted by Ádám Mányoki)
Prince of Transylvania
Reign 1704 – 1711
Predecessor Leopold I
Successor Charles IV
Born 1676
Borsi, Royal Hungary
(now Borša, Slovakia)
Died 1735
Tekirdağ, Ottoman Empire
Burial 1906
St. Elisabeth Cathedral,
Kassa, Kingdom of Hungary
(now Košice, Slovakia)
Spouse Sarolta Amália (Charlotte Amalie von Hessen-Rheinfels-Wanfried)
Issue Leopold Rákóczi
József Rákóczi
György Rákóczi
Sarolta Rákóczi
Father Francis I Rákóczi
Mother Ilona Zrínyi

Francis II Rákóczi (Hungarian: II. Rákóczi Ferenc, Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈraːkoːt͡si ˈfɛrɛnt͡s]; 27 March 1676 in Borsi, Royal Hungary (now Borša, Slovakia) – 8 April 1735 in Tekirdağ, Ottoman Empire) was a Hungarian nobleman and leader of the Hungarian uprising against the Habsburgs in 1703-11 as the prince (fejedelem) of the Estates Confederated for Liberty of the Kingdom of Hungary. He was also Prince of Transylvania, an Imperial Prince, and a member of the Order of the Golden Fleece. Today he is considered a national hero in Hungary.

His full title was: Franciscus II. Dei Gratia Sacri Romani Imperii & Transylvaniae princeps Rakoczi. Particum Regni Hungariae Dominus & Siculorum Comes, Regni Hungariae Pro Libertate Confoederatorum Statuum necnon Munkacsiensis & Makoviczensis Dux, Perpetuus Comes de Saros; Dominus in Patak, Tokaj, Regécz, Ecsed, Somlyó, Lednicze, Szerencs, Onod.

His name is historically also spelled Rákóczy, in Hungarian: II. Rákóczi Ferenc, in Slovak: František II. Rákoci, in German: Franz II. Rákóczi, in Croatian: Franjo II. Rákóczy (Rakoci, Rakoczy), in Romanian: Francisc Rákóczi al II-lea, in Serbian Ференц II Ракоци.


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