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Barón Segismundo Rákóczi de Felsővadász (en húngaro: Rákóczi Zsigmond) (c. 1555-5 de diciembre de 1608). Perteneció a la familia más poderosa de su tiempo en Hungría y fue Príncipe de Transilvania (1607 - 1608). Antes de su muerte renunció al título de Príncipe de Transilvania para Gabriel Báthory .
Segismundo Rákóczi.Sigismund Rákóczi (en húngaro : Rákóczi Zsigmond ; 1544 - 5 de diciembre de 1608) fue Príncipe de Transilvania desde 1607 hasta 1608 y perteneció a la familia más poderosa de su tiempo en Hungría.
Sigismund Rákóczi ( húngaro : Rákóczi Zsigmond ; 1544 - 5 de diciembre de 1608) fue Príncipe de Transilvania de 1607 a 1608. Era hijo de János Rákóczi, un noble menor con propiedades en la Alta Hungría . Segismundo comenzó una carrera militar como portador de la espada del rico Gábor Perényi en Sárospatak .
La Casa de Rákóczi fue una familia aristocrática húngara que surgió en la época tardomedieval, volviéndose una de las más importantes en Europa Central en los inicios de la Edad Moderna. Entre sus miembros más importantes destacan: Segismundo Rákóczi de Felsővadász (1555–1608). Príncipe de Transilvania.
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- Family
Sigismund was born to János Rákóczi and Sára Némethy in Felsővadász in 1544. His father held small estates in Abaúj and Zemplén Counties. János Rákóczi was vice-ispán (or deputy head) of Zemplén County in 1551. Sigismund was first mentioned in his father's charter on 22 December 1550. In the charter, János Rákóczi made a complaint against Gábor Per...
Beginnings
Sigismund became the sword-bearer of the wealthy Gábor Perényi in Sárospatak. He fought in the army of Lazarus von Schwendi, the supreme commander of Upper Hungary, during the siege of Tokaj in 1565. After Perényi died in 1567, Sigismund went to serve in the stronghold of Eger. According to a 17th-century family chronicle, Sigismund accompanied Gáspár Bekes to Transylvania and fought by his side in the Battle of Kerelőszentpál in 1575. In the same year Sigismund was adopted by the widowed Júl...
Magnate
Being the guardian of the minor Mágóchys, and the husband of their mother, Sigismund took possession of their properties, including the domain of Munkács. He employed knezes who gathered colonists to establish new villages on his new estates.He reinvested his income, either lending money to the royal treasury, or buying new landed property. Sigismund was made the captain of the fortress of Eger in 1588 at the initiative of the king's brother, Ernest. The Diet had demanded the appointment of a...
Long Turkish War
The Diet of Hungary voted an extraordinary tax to finance the defense of Slavonia and Croatia against the Ottomans in early 1593. The Diet appointed Sigismund to collect the tax in Upper Hungary. After the Ottoman Grand Vizier, Koca Sinan Pasha, invaded Transdanubia, rumours about his plan to transform Upper Hungary into a voivodate (vassal state) were spreading. Sigismund urged the influential Nicholas Pálffy to persuade Rudolph I to launch a counter-invasion against the Ottomans without del...
Governor
Sigismund accompanied Bocskai (who had already been elected prince of Transylvania) to Transylvania in August 1605. With the consent of the Diet of Transylvania, Bocskai made him governor to administer the principality on 14 September. Sigismund could not threaten Bocskai's rule because he did not have allies either in the Ottoman Empire or in Transylvania. Bocskai's brother-in-law, Gábor Haller, administered the royal treasury independently of Sigismund, and János Petki, the commander of the...
Prince
The Diet again assembled to elect the new prince at Kolozsvár on 8 February 1607. In accordance with Bocskai's last will, Sigismund proposed Bálint Drugeth (his former son-in-law), but the delegates of the Three Nations proclaimed Sigismund prince on 12 February. Stating that he was old and suffering from gout, Sigismund did not want to accept his election, but the delegates persuaded him to take the princely oath.Sigismund's election was the only occasion when the Diet of Transylvania could...
Sigismund and his wife left Kolozsvár for Upper Hungary on 7 March 1608. Gabriel Báthory was elected prince of Transylvania on the same day. Sigismund visited Szádvár on his way back to Makovica. He provided new loans to the commanders of the royal army who had been unable to finance their fights against the rebellious Hajdús. The Hajdúspillaged Si...
Sigismund's first wife, Judit Alaghy, was the daughter of János Alaghy, the lord of Regéc. She inherited parts of her father's estates, including Tállya and Abaújszántó. She gave birth to Sigismund's first child, Erzsébet in 1588. When Judit fell seriously ill in the spring of 1591, Sigismund took her to the hospital in Sandomierz in Poland where s...
- 1607–1608
- Gabriel Báthory
Sigismund Rákóczi (en húngaro: Rákóczi Zsigmond; 1544 - 5 de diciembre de 1608) fue Príncipe de Transilvania de 1607 a 1608. Era hijo de János Rákóczi, un noble menor con propiedades en la Alta Hungría. Segismundo comenzó una carrera militar como espadachín del rico Gábor Perényi en Sárospatak.
Segismundo Rákóczi, príncipe de Transilvania (r. 1607-1608) Gabriel Báthory, príncipe de Transilvania (r. 1607-1613) Tras la muerte del príncipe Esteban Bocskai en 1606, no hubo unanimidad en quien debería ser el nuevo gobernante de Transilvania.
