Prince of Transylvania
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The Prince of Transylvania was the head of state of the Principality of Transylvania from the late-16th century until the mid-18th century. John Sigismund Zápolya was the first to adopt the title in 1
Last to reign Francis II Rákóczi 8 July 1704 – 21 February 1711
King John Sigismund of Hungary with Suleiman the Magnificent in 1556.
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Francis II Rákóczi
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Francis II Rákóczi was a Hungarian nobleman and leader of the Rákóczi's War of Independence against the Habsburgs in 1703–1711 as the prince of the Estates Confederated for Liberty of the Kingdom of H
Prince of Transylvania
…Ottomans in their military operations. After the Rákóczi's War of Independence the princes were effectively replaced with governors. The last prince Francis II Rákóczi spent the rest of his life in exile. List of princes of Transylvania…
II. Rákóczi Ferenc aláírása
The memorial plate of Francis II embedded in the northern wall of the St. Elisabeth Cathedral in Košice, Slovakia
Gyula Benczúr (1844–1920): Capture of Francis II. Rákóczi in Nagysáros Castle (1869)