Sigismund Rákóczi
Prince of Transylvania (1544-1608) · Politicians · Died at 64
Sigismund Rákóczi was Prince of Transylvania from 1607 to 1608. He was the son of János Rákóczi, a lesser nobleman with estates in Upper Hungary. Sigismund began a military career as the sword-bearer of the wealthy Gábor Perényi in Sárospatak.
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Courtyard of Rákóczi's castle at Szerencs
Munkács Castle (now in Mukacheve in Ukraine): Sigismund held it as the guardian of his stepsons by his first wife
Vizsoly Bible, the Hungarian translation of the Bible, published with Sigismund's support
Ruins of Makovica Castle (at present-day Zborov in Slovakia)
Stephen Bocskai's golden ducat
Sigismund Rákóczi's tombstone in SzerencsAbout this person
After Perényi died in 1567, Sigismund served in the royal fortresses of Eger and Szendrő. The royal chamber mortgaged him several estates to compensate him for unpaid salaries. He received Szerencs in 1580, which enabled him to engage in the lucrative Tokaji wine trade. He took possession of the large estates of András Mágóchy's minor sons as their guardian, and the second husband of their mother Judit Alaghy, in 1587.
