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Francis Rákóczy II

Rákóczy, Francis II (1676–1735), prince of Transylvania who led a Hungarian rising against the Habsburg Empire. Initially successful, he was elected prince (1704), but after several crushing defeats he left the country (1711) and died in exile in Turkey.

See also: Transylvania.

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