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Francis II Rákóczi

1676 - 1735

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Francis II Rákóczi (Hungarian: II. Rákóczi Ferenc, Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈraːkoːt͡si ˈfɛrɛnt͡s]; 27 March 1676 – 8 April 1735) was a Hungarian nobleman and leader of the Rákóczi'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 Rákóczy, in Hungarian: II. Rákóczi Ferenc, in Slovak: František II. Rákoci, in German: Franz II. Rákóczi, in Croatian: Franjo II. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Francis II Rákóczi has received more than 436,615 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). Francis II Rákóczi is the 1,571st most popular politician (down from 1,403rd in 2019), the 8th most popular biography from Slovakia (up from 10th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Slovak Politician.

Francis II Rákóczi is most famous for leading the Hungarian uprising against the Habsburgs in 1703.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Francis II Rákóczi ranks 1,571 out of 19,576. Before him are Francis I of the Two Sicilies, Princess Isabella of Parma, Richard von Weizsäcker, Yolande de Polastron, Glycerius, and Horst Köhler. After him are Taejo of Goryeo, Manuel Noriega, Rudolf IV, Duke of Austria, Feodor II of Russia, Maria I of Portugal, and Ecgberht, King of Wessex.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1676, Francis II Rákóczi ranks 3. Before him are Frederick I of Sweden, and Alexander Selkirk. After him are Élisabeth Charlotte d'Orléans, Robert Walpole, Philip Johan von Strahlenberg, Theresa Kunegunda Sobieska, Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, Jacopo Riccati, Louis-Nicolas Clérambault, Leonard of Port Maurice, and Louise Bénédicte de Bourbon. Among people deceased in 1735, Francis II Rákóczi ranks 2. Before him is Yongzheng Emperor. After him are Ferdinand Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Christian III, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, Louis Rudolph, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Maria Clementina Sobieska, Polyxena of Hesse-Rotenburg, Danilo I, Metropolitan of Cetinje, Robert de Cotte, Carlo Ruzzini, Sophia Louise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, and Petr Brandl.

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In Slovakia

Among people born in Slovakia, Francis II Rákóczi ranks 8 out of 418. Before him are Elizabeth of Hungary (1207), Philipp Lenard (1862), Gyula Andrássy (1823), Jozef Tiso (1887), Gustáv Husák (1913), and Ferenc Szálasi (1897). After him are Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778), Rudolf von Laban (1879), Juraj Jánošík (1688), Robert Fico (1964), Béla I of Hungary (1016), and Ivan Gašparovič (1941).

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Among POLITICIANS In Slovakia

Among politicians born in Slovakia, Francis II Rákóczi ranks 6. Before him are Alexander Dubček (1921), Gyula Andrássy (1823), Jozef Tiso (1887), Gustáv Husák (1913), and Ferenc Szálasi (1897). After him are Rudolf von Laban (1879), Juraj Jánošík (1688), Robert Fico (1964), Béla I of Hungary (1016), Ivan Gašparovič (1941), and Vladimír Mečiar (1942).

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