Louis Kossuth
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Noble Lajos Kossuth de Udvard et Kossuthfalva |
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| Governor-President of Hungary | |
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In office 14 April 1849 – 11 August 1849 |
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| Prime Minister | Bertalan Szemere |
| Preceded by | position established |
| Succeeded by | Artúr Görgey (as acting civil and military authority) |
| President of the Committee of National Defence | |
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In office 2 October 1848 – 1 May 1849 |
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| Preceded by | Lajos Batthyány (Prime Minister) |
| Succeeded by | Bertalan Szemere (Prime Minister) |
| Minister of Finance of Hungary | |
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In office 7 April 1848 – 12 September 1848 |
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| Prime Minister | Lajos Batthyány |
| Preceded by | position established |
| Succeeded by | Lajos Batthyány |
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19 September 1802 Monok, Kingdom of Hungary |
| Died | 20 March 1894 (aged 91) Turin, Kingdom of Italy |
| Resting place | Kerepesi Cemetery |
| Nationality | Hungarian |
| Political party | Opposition Party |
| Spouse(s) | Terézia Meszlényi |
| Children |
Ferenc Lajos Ákos Vilma Lajos Tódor Károly |
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Lajos Kossuth de Udvard et Kossuthfalva (Hungarian: [ˈlɒjoʃ ˈkoʃut], Slovak: Ľudovít Košút, archaically English: Louis Kossuth) 19 September 1802 – 20 March 1894) was a Hungarian lawyer, journalist, politician and Governor-President of the Kingdom of Hungary during the revolution of 1848–49. With the help of his talent in oratory in political debates and public speeches, Kossuth emerged from a poor gentry family into regent-president of Kingdom of Hungary. As the most influential contemporary American journalist Horace Greeley said of Kossuth: “Among the orators, patriots, statesmen, exiles, he has, living or dead, no superior.” Kossuth's powerful English and American speeches so impressed and touched the most famous contemporary American orator Daniel Webster, that he wrote a book about Kossuth's life. He was widely honored during his lifetime, including in Great Britain and the United States, as a freedom fighter and bellwether of democracy in Europe. Kossuth's bronze bust can be found in the United States Capitol with the inscription: "Father of Hungarian Democracy, Hungarian Statesman, Freedom Fighter, 1848–1849".
Kossuth was born in Monok, Kingdom of Hungary, a small town in the county of Zemplén, as the oldest of four children in a Lutheran noble family of partial Slovak origin. His father, László Kossuth (1762–1839), belonged to the lower nobility, had a small estate and was a lawyer by profession. László Kossuth had two brothers (Simon Kossuth and György Kossuth) and one sister (Jana). The House of Kossuth originated from the county of Turóc (now partially Turiec region, Košúty, northern Central Slovakia). They acquired the rank of nobility in 1263 from King Béla IV. The mother of Lajos Kossuth, Karolina Weber (1770–1853) was born to a Lutheran family of partial German descent, living in Upper Hungary (today Slovakia).
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