The Bocskai uprising, known in Hungary as Bocskai's War of Independence was a revolt which took place in Hungary, Transylvania and modern Slovakia during the Long Turkish War against Emperor Rudolf II
Stephen Bocskai and his hajduk warriors
Royal Hungary, the Principality of Transylvania and Ottoman eyalets in 1606
Sigismund Rákóczi was Prince of Transylvania from 1607 to 1608. He was the son of János Rákóczi, a lesser nobleman with estates in Upper Hungary. Sigismund began a military career as the sword-bearer
Courtyard of Rákóczi's castle at Szerencs
Munkács Castle (now in Mukacheve in Ukraine): Sigismund held it as the guardian of his stepsons by his first wife
Vizsoly Bible, the Hungarian translation of the Bible, published with Sigismund's support