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Born January 30, 1621 • Sarospatak • Hungary
Died June 7, 1660 (aged 39) • Oradea • Romania
House / Dynasty Rákóczi family
Notable Family Members father György Rákóczi, I • son Ferenc Rákóczi, I
Gábor Bethlen
Gábor Bethlen
king of Hungary
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
Ladislas I
Ladislas I
king of Hungary
Ferenc Rákóczi, II
prince of Transylvania
György Rákóczi, I
prince of Transylvania
Frederick II
Frederick II
Holy Roman emperor
Alfred the Great
Alfred
king of Wessex
Stefan Dušan
emperor of Serbia
Casimir III
Casimir III
king of Poland
Enrico Dandolo
doge of Venice
Yaroslav I
Yaroslav the Wise
prince of Kyiv
Rama I
Rama I
king of Siam
Matthias I
Matthias I
king of Hungary
Louis I
Louis I
king of Hungary
Gyula, Count Andrássy.
Gyula, Count Andrássy
prime minister of Hungary
Mihály, Count Károlyi
Hungarian statesman
Coloman
king of Hungary