!!!Rákoczi, Franz Ferencz II

Rákóczi, Franz (Ferencz) II, b. 1676, 
d. 1735, Hungarian magnate. Was accused of collaborating with the 
French in 1701 and was imprisoned at Wiener Neustadt. Managed to flee 
and led a Hungarian rebellion in 1703. The revolutionaries (Kurucs) 
were defeated before Vienna ( Kuruc Invasions). As the elected Prince 
of Transylvania, he brought about the deposition of Joseph I as King 
of Hungary at the convention at Onod in June 1707. Went into exile in 
France before the Peace of Szatmár was concluded (1711) and in 
1717 moved to Turkey, where he spent the rest of his life.

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Franz (Ferencz) II Rákóczi. Engraving.

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Picture archives of the Austrian National Library, Vienna


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