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John II Sigismund adopted the new style "Prince of Transylvania and Lord of parts of Hungary". [23] [24] John Sigismund's successor, Stephen Báthory, however, adopted the title the one-time royal governors of Transylvania used and styled himself voivode. [24] [25] Furthermore, he secretly swore allegiance to King Maximilian I of Hungary. [25]
George I Rákóczi (8 June 1593 – 11 October 1648) was Prince of Transylvania from 1630 until his death in 1648. Prior to that, he was a leader of the Protestant faction in Hungary and a faithful supporter of Gabriel Bethlen, his predecessor as Prince.
Gabriel Bethlen (Hungarian: Bethlen Gábor; 1580 – 15 November 1629) was Prince of Transylvania from 1613 to 1629 and Duke of Opole from 1622 to 1625. He was also King-elect of Hungary from 1620 to 1621, but he never took control of the whole kingdom.
George II Rákóczi (30 January 1621 – 7 June 1660), was a Hungarian nobleman, Prince of Transylvania (1648-1660), the eldest son of George I and Zsuzsanna Lorántffy. [ 1 ] Early life
Transylvania is administered by General Giorgio Basta in the name of Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor [18] 1605–1606: Stephen Bocskai: 1 January 1557 Kolozsvár (Cluj-Napoca) son of George Bocskai and Krisztina Sulyok Kata Hagymássy (1583) childless 29 December 1606 Kassa: maternal uncle of Prince Sigismund Báthory; elected prince of Hungary ...
Bocskai was elected prince of Transylvania on 21 February 1605 and prince of Hungary on 20 April of that year. [33] His realm included most of Transylvania proper, Partium and Upper Hungary. [34] Stephen Báthory died on 25 July 1605. [35] He had willed most of his estates to Gabriel, who became one of the wealthiest noblemen in Bocskai's realm ...
Partial, chronological list. Bethlen, son of Lőrinc, Hungarian nobleman, ancestor of the Bethlen and Apafi families; Gabriel Bethlen de Iktár (1580–1629), Prince of Transylvania (1613–1629), Duke of Opole (1622–1625) and leader of an anti-Habsburg insurrection
Emeric was born in Késmárk in Royal Hungary (now Kežmarok in Slovakia) on 25 September 1657 as the fifth son of Count István Thököly and Mária Gyulaffy. [1] [2] His father was one of the wealthiest aristocrats in Upper Hungary (in present-day Slovakia); his mother was the granddaughter of Stephen Bethlen, who had been prince of Transylvania in 1630, [2] she was related to three princes ...