Equestrian monument to the Hungarian national hero Francis II Rakoczi (1676-1735) in Budapest, Hungary
Francis II Rakoczi (27 March 1676 - 8 April 1735) was a Hungarian nobleman and leader of Rakoczi's War of Independence against the Habsburgs in 1703-1711 as the prince (Hungarian: fejedelem) of the Estates Confederated for Liberty of the Kingdom of Hungary. He was also Prince of Transylvania, an Imperial Prince, and a member of the Order of the Golden Fleece. Today he is considered a national hero in Hungary. His name is historically also spelled Rakoczy. Although the Hungarian parliament offered Rakoczi the royal crown, he refused it, choosing instead the temporary title of the "Ruling Prince of Hungary". Rakoczi intended to bear this military-sounding title only during the anti-Habsburg war of independence. By refusing the royal crown, he proclaimed to Hungary that it was not his personal ambition that drove the war of liberation against the Habsburg dynasty.
Size: 3840px × 5760px
Location: Kossuth Lajos ter, 1055 Budapest, Hungary, Europe
Photo credit: © DE ROCKER / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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