Emeric Thököly
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Emeric Thököly de Késmárk was a Hungarian nobleman, leader of anti-Habsburg uprisings like his father, Count István Thököly, before him. Emeric was Prince of Upper Hungary, an Ottoman vassal state, fr
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Bust of Imre Thököly in the park of the Vaja Castle, Hungary
Imre Thököly in Heroes' Square, Budapest
Tomb of Imre Thököly in Kežmarok
Battle of Slankamen
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The Battle of Slankamen was fought on 19 August 1691, near Slankamen in the Ottoman Sanjak of Syrmia, between the Ottoman Empire, and Habsburg Austrian forces during the Great Turkish War.
Emeric Thököly
…but could not maintain his position for long against the imperial armies. In 1691 he quit Transylvania altogether. He led the Turkish cavalry at the Battle of Slankamen and served valiantly but vainly against Austria during the remainder of the war, especially distinguishing himself at the Battle of Zenta (1697). He…
Battle of Slankamen by Friedrich Kaiser
A Medallion by Georg Hautsch celebrating the Habsburg victory at Slankamen, portrait of Turk Louis 1691, obverse.
reverse of the medal