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What title did Lajos Kossuth receive after Hungary declared independence in 1849?
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Lajos Kossuth
Lajos Kossuth, lithograph, 1849.
Following the Hungarian Diet's declaration of independence on April 14, 1849, which proclaimed the dethronement of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine, Lajos Kossuth was elected as the governor of Hungary.1