FRANCIS RAKOCZI II
(Francis II Rákóczi)
Statement when he refused the Austro Hungarian offer to reclaim his lands, wealth, and titles if he would cease his revolutionary efforts. Instead he went into exile in Poland, France and finally Turkey causing the authorities countless anxieties and becoming a legend among the Hungarian people who revere him to this day. His house in exile is still almost a historical shrine.
The Revolution was not successful.
Francis II Rákóczi was a Hungarian nobleman and leader of the Hungarian uprising against the Habsburgs in 1703-11 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.
