Francis I Rákóczi
| Francis I Rákóczi | |
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| Elected Prince of Transylvania | |
 Francis Rákóczi I, c. 1670 | |
| Born | February 24, 1645 Gyulafehérvár, Principality of Transylvania (today Alba Iulia, Romania) |
| Died | July 8, 1676 (aged 31) Zboró, Kingdom of Hungary (today Zborov, Slovakia) |
| Spouse | Ilona Zrínyi |
| Issue | George Rákóczi Julianna Rákóczi Francis II Rákóczi |
| House | Rákóczi |
| Father | George II Rákóczi |
| Mother | Sophia Báthory |
Francis I Rákóczi (February 24, 1645,
Francis Rákóczi II.[1]
Francis Rákóczi was the son of
Royal Hungary
.
Notably, the
Counter Reformation. Francis Rákóczi also became a Catholic, thus acquiring favour with the Catholic Habsburg Court. His mother converted him to Catholicism.[3]
He was made a count in 1664.
In 1666 Francis married
Zrinski-Frankopan conspiracy in Croatia), one leader of which was Jelena's father, Petar Zrinski (Hungarian: Zrínyi Péter). Francis soon became the leader of the conspiracy, and, as a culmination of their anti-Habsburg stratagems, started an armed uprising of nobles in Upper Hungary, while the other conspirators were supposed to start the fight in Croatia
. Due to poor organization and discord between the conspirators, however, the Austrian authorities were well informed; they quickly suppressed the Croatian branch of the revolt.
When Rákóczi learned that Petar Zrinski had been captured by the Austrians, he laid down his arms and applied for mercy. All other leaders of the conspiracy were executed for high treason; Rákóczi, due to his mother's intervention, and for a ransom of 300,000 forints and several castles, was pardoned.
Issue
Francis I had three children:
- György (1667)
- Julianna Borbála (1672–1717), married Count Ferdinand Gobert von Aspremont-Lynden (1643-1708)
- Francis Rákóczi II(1676–1735)
Francis II was born only three months before his father's death. He led a rebellion against Austrian rule (Rákóczi's War of Independence) and died in exile.
References
- ^ "Francis Rákóczi and the Hungarian Rising of 1703-11 | History Today". www.historytoday.com. Retrieved 2021-01-08.
- ^ "Emigré or Exile? Francis Rákóczi II and His Exile in France and Turkey".
- ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 5 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 532–533.
- Magyar Életrajzi Lexikon. Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó. 1967.
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