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MILITARY PERSONNEL

George I Rákóczi

1593 - 1648

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George I Rákóczi (8 June 1593 – 11 October 1648) was Prince of Transylvania from 1630 until his death in 1648. Prior to that, he was a leader of the Protestant faction in Hungary and a faithful supporter of Gabriel Bethlen, his predecessor as Prince. When Bohemian nobles requested military support in their struggles against the Habsburg monarchy, Rákóczi persuaded Bethlen to help and commanded Transylvanian forces in several battles. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George I Rákóczi has received more than 66,503 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). George I Rákóczi is the 532nd most popular military personnel (up from 600th in 2019), the 132nd most popular biography from Hungary (up from 150th in 2019) and the most popular Hungarian Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, George I Rákóczi ranks 532 out of 1,468Before him are Lady Triệu, Hans-Jürgen Stumpff, Alexander von Kluck, Pavel Batitsky, Herta Bothe, and Marie-Pierre Kœnig. After him are Elyesa Bazna, Ivan Yakubovsky, Galdan Boshugtu Khan, Antonio Tejero, Sergey Gorshkov, and Bob Denard.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1593, George I Rákóczi ranks 7Before him are Artemisia Gentileschi, Georges de La Tour, Jacob Jordaens, Mumtaz Mahal, Toyotomi Hideyori, and Matthäus Merian. After him are Nicolaes Tulp, Balthasar van der Ast, Catherine de' Medici, Governor of Siena, Anthony van Diemen, George Herbert, and William, Margrave of Baden-Baden. Among people deceased in 1648, George I Rákóczi ranks 8Before him are Władysław IV Vasa, Christian IV of Denmark, Marin Mersenne, Tirso de Molina, Claudia de' Medici, and Joseph Calasanz. After him are Claude Françoise de Lorraine, Vincent Voiture, Countess Catharina Belgica of Nassau, Caspar Barlaeus, Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury, and Juan Gómez de Mora.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, George I Rákóczi ranks 132 out of 866Before him are Peter Delyan (1009), Miklós Jancsó (1921), Marcel Grossmann (1878), Arthur Nikisch (1855), Mária Telkes (1900), and László Papp (1926). After him are Leopold Auer (1845), André Kertész (1894), László Sólyom (1942), Michael Polanyi (1891), Gusztáv Sebes (1906), and Magda Szabó (1917).

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Hungary

Among military personnels born in Hungary, George I Rákóczi ranks 1After him are Gusztáv Jány (1883), Ludwig von Benedek (1804), Archduke Stephen, Palatine of Hungary (1817), Maximilian de Angelis (1889), and Karl von Pflanzer-Baltin (1855).