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4 unusual facts about Rákóczi


Gábor Faludi

In 1916, many performances were made at Tisza Kálmán Square, the National Opera, at the Urania premises, in the neighbourhood of the National Theatre, and folk stories were performed on Rákóczi Road.

Rákóczi

The Hungarian Rhapsody No. 15 by Franz Liszt refers to the rebellion led by Francis II Rákóczi.

Rákóczi's War of Independence

The Hungarian Slovenes from the counties of Murska Sobota, Lendava and Szentgotthárd joined the fight against the Habsburg soldiers, since the Styrian forces several times foraged in the Slovene villages.

Türje

In the Rákóczi freedom fights, Türje was a base for the kuruc (Hungarian) troops.


Ilona Zrínyi

In this way she also retained control over the vast Rákóczi estates, which included among them the castles of Regéc, Sárospatak, Makovica, and Munkács.

József Rákóczi

The Ottoman forces, however, were defeated and on the 10th of November 1738 Joseph Rákóczi died in the village of Chervena voda (nowadays Bulgaria, Ruse Province).

Seimeni

After exercising a rule of terror in Bucharest, capturing and executing several boyars, they were decisively defeated by Rákóczi on June 26, 1655, in a battle on the Teleajen River.


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