Stephen Bocskai
✓ Source-basedstablePrince of Transylvania (1557-1606)
Stephen Bocskai or Bocskay was Prince of Transylvania and Hungary from 1605 to 1606. He was born to a Hungarian noble family. His father's estates were located in the eastern regions of the medieval Kingdom of Hungary, which developed into the Principality of Transylvania in the 1570s.
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A bastion of Bocskai's castle at Nagykereki
The fortress of Várad (now Oradea in Romania) in 1598 (an engraving by Joris Hoefnagel)
Bocskai's nephew, Sigismund Báthory, Prince of Transylvania
The Holy Roman Emperor, Rudolph, who was also the ruler of Royal Hungary, an engraving by Aegidius Sadeler (1603)
Rudolph's commander, Giorgio Basta, who planned to murder Bocskai
Bocskai and his hajduk warriors
Kassa (now Košice in Slovakia) in 1617Politicians born in the 1550s 6
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Stephen Bocskai or Bocskay was Prince of Transylvania and Hungary from 1605 to 1606. He was born to a Hungarian noble family. His father's estates were located in the eastern regions of the medieval Kingdom of Hungary, which developed into the Principality of Transylvania in the 1570s. He spent his youth in the court of the Holy Roman Emperor, Maximilian, who was also the ruler of Royal Hungary.
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