Transylvanian Diet
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The Transylvanian Diet was an important legislative, administrative and judicial body of the Principality of Transylvania between 1570 and 1867. The general assemblies of the Transylvanian noblemen an
Reduta Palace in Cluj-Napoca, the building where the Diet of Transylvania functioned after 1790
Royal seal of Andrew III of Hungary who held the first general assembly for the Transylvanian noblemen, Saxons, Székelys and Romanians in early 1291
George Martinuzzi: he held the first joint assembly of the representatives of the Three Nations of Transylvania and the counties of the Partium
Sigismund Báthory
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Sigismund Báthory was Prince of Transylvania several times between 1586 and 1602, and Duke of Racibórz and Opole in Silesia in 1598. His father, Christopher Báthory, ruled Transylvania as voivode of t
Portrait by Dominicus Custos
Sigismund's cousin and rival, Balthasar Báthory
Sigismund Báthory using the title Prince of Transylvania, Wallachia and Moldavia in a 1595 engraving.
Sigismund's wife, Maria Christina of Habsburg