François II Rákóczi (1676 - 1735) prince de Hongrie and of Transylvania 1704 with 1711

Wire of François Rákóczi and Ilona Zrínyi born on March 27th, 1676 a few months before the death of his/her father. He is the heir to the family Rákóczi and Báthory by his grandmother and the son-in-law of Imre Thököly. He conspires very young person against the authority of Habsbourg. After the defeat of the Hungarian insurrectionists, it is separated from its family and is raised princièrement by the Jesuits of Neuhaus in Bohemia then with the Université of Prague. He marries then a German aristocrat, Charlotte Amélie of Hesse-Wanfried and obtains a title of prince of the Holy roman Empire.

Of return in Hungary in 1694, it ties relations about 1698 with the Maréchal of Villars what is worth to him to be imprisoned in 1701. He escapes takes refuge in Poland then takes the head of the Hungarian insurrection of 1703. He conquers with his troop of Kuruc all Eastern Hungary and receives Diet of Gyulafehérvár the title of prince de Transylvanie on July 8th 1704 under the name of François II Rákóczy.

He is proclaimed regent of Hungary in September 1705 and research the Alliance Fran1caise while making declare the deposed Habsbourg of their rights on the kingdom of Hungary to the assembly of Onod the April 5th 1707.

The social measures which it planned to take in particular the emancipation of the peasants worry the nobility while the church is wary of its Protestant entourage.

Beaten in Trencsén in 1708 it cannot prevent Sándor Károlyi from negotiating a peace separated with the imperial ones in 1711. It loses its title of prince de Transylvanie in February 1711. With the Paix of Szatmar the April 30th 1711, the insurrectionists of which François II Rákóczi itself are amnestied if they lend oath to the new emperor Charles VI of Habsbourg.

François Rákóczy refuses to subscribe to this treaty and seeks in vain the alliance of the tsar Pierre Ier Large the. He pleads for the independence of Hungary in 1713 more during the negotiations of the Traités of Utrecht. Then the remainder of its life passes exiles some in Prussia, France and Turkey. He dies in Rodosto the April 8th 1735. He was buried in the vault of the Embassy of France located today within the Lycée Saint-Beno4it cheese at Istanbul.

From its union the September 26th 1694 with Charlotte-Amélie de Hesse Wanfried (1679 - 1722) are born:

• József (1700 - 1738)

• György (1701 - 1752)

Category: Prince de Transylvanie Category: History of Hungary Category: Death in 1735