Imre Thököly
Imre Thököly (1656 - 1705) prince of Transylvania in 1690.
His/her father the count István Thököly de Késmárk in High Hungary ( current Slovakia ) had taken a big part in the Hungarian conspiracy anti Habsbourg of 1670 carried out by Peter Zrínyi and had died by defending his castle against the imperial troops.
The young person Imre Thökoly takes refuge in Poland then in Transylvania and takes the head into 1678 of a troop of baptized armed rebels Kuruc (Hungarian kuruczok/kurucok ). Although the emperor restored in 1681 the freedom of religious conscience in royal Hungary Imre Thököly conspires with Turkish of the sultan Mehmed IV which grants the title of prince to him de Haute Hungary with an annual tribute of 40.000 thalers. He marries in June 1682 Ilona Zrínyi the widow of François Rákóczi and the girl of the round of applause of Croatia the count Peter Zrínyi carried out in 1671.
Combined of the king de France Louis XIV since 1677 it is given up by him after the Paix of Nimègue. In order to support protected its allies Turkish to them in March 1683 will put the seat in front of Vienna with their vassal Rumanian. During this time Kuruc besiege Pozsony capital High Hungary. The intervention of the king de Pologne Jean III Sobieski saves to it capital by its victory with the Bataille of Vienna the November 11th 1683. The troops of Thökoly are also beaten. This last suspected of having to play a double game is briefly imprisoned in 1686 with Andrinople.
The August 21st 1690 with an army of 6.000 men it crushes the imperial army with the battle of Zernyest in which Mihály III Teleki is killed. The September 22nd 1690 it obtains Diet with the support of the Sultan the title of prince de Transylvanie. In spite of the resumption of Belgrade by the army of the Top dog Kara Mustapha in October 1690, the backward flow of Turkish is accentuated and Imre Thököly must give up Transylvania the October 25th 1690.
It continues to be used for the side of Turkish at the time of the victorious offensives of the prince Eugene of Savoy. It is by name excluded from the amnesty promised with noble Hungarian during the signature of the Paix of Karlowitz the January 26th 1699. It must reside with his wife in the Turkish empire until its death the September 13rd 1705.
Category: Prince de Transylvanie Category: History of Hungary Category: Death in 1705
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