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György Rákóczi, I: Quick Facts

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Born June 8, 1593
Died October 11, 1648 (aged 55) • Sarospatak • Hungary
House / Dynasty Rákóczi family
Notable Family Members son György Rákóczi II
Gábor Bethlen
Gábor Bethlen
king of Hungary
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Ferenc Rákóczi, II
prince of Transylvania
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György Rákóczi, II
prince of Transylvania
Marcin Kober: Stephen Báthory
Stephen Báthory
king of Poland
István Bocskay
István Bocskay
prince of Transylvania
Báthory, copper engraving by Egidius Sadeler, 1607
Sigismund Báthory
prince of Transylvania
György Martinuzzi
György Martinuzzi
Hungarian cardinal
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Imre Thököly
Hungarian patriot
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William Augustus Muhlenberg
American theologian
John Calvin
John Calvin
French theologian
Thomas Cranmer
Thomas Cranmer
archbishop of Canterbury
Charles Le Brun: Portrait of King Louis XIV
Louis XIV
king of France
Philip
Philip
landgrave of Hesse
Johan van Oldenbarnevelt
Johan van Oldenbarnevelt
Dutch statesman
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
German theologian
Reinhold Niebuhr
Reinhold Niebuhr
American theologian
Martin Bucer, medal by Friedrich Hagenauer, 1543; in the Archives and Library of the City of Strasbourg.
Martin Bucer
Protestant religious reformer
Friedrich Schleiermacher
Friedrich Schleiermacher
German theologian
Thomas Müntzer
Thomas Müntzer
German religious reformer
Pius V
St. Pius V
pope