Joseph Rákóczi ( hu, Rákóczi József; 17 August 1700 – 10 November 1738) was the second son of
Francis II Rákóczi and
Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Wanfried
Princess Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Wanfried (March 8, 1679, in Wanfried – February 18, 1722, in Paris) was a Princess consort of Transylvania as the wife of Francis II Rákóczi. She was born the daughter of Charles, Landgrave of Hesse-Wanfried ...
.
Life
Joseph Rákóczi was born on 17 August 1700 at
Vienna in the family of Francis II Rákóczi and Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Wanfried. At that time, his father was imprisoned in the fortress of
Wiener Neustadt (south of Vienna) on accusations of correspondence with France for support of the cause of Hungarian independence. When Francis II Rákóczi managed to escape from prison and fled to Poland, his two sons, Joseph and George, stayed in Vienna and were raised as members of the
German nobility, loyal to the
Holy Roman Emperor
The Holy Roman Emperor, originally and officially the Emperor of the Romans ( la, Imperator Romanorum, german: Kaiser der Römer) during the Middle Ages, and also known as the Roman-German Emperor since the early modern period ( la, Imperat ...
. He even received the title of Marquis of San Marco as one of the attempts to separate him with his family and past.
In 1734, his father granted him the title of Duke of
Munkács. At that time, Francis II Rákóczi was in exile at
Rodosto with the protection of the Ottoman Sultan
Mahmud I
Mahmud I ( ota, محمود اول, tr, I. Mahmud, 2 August 1696 13 December 1754), known as Mahmud the Hunchback, was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1730 to 1754. He took over the throne after the Patrona Halil rebellion and he kept goo ...
. After receiving the title, Joseph Rákóczi escaped from Vienna and traveled to
Rome,
Naples,
Paris and
Madrid.
After the death of Francis II Rákóczi, Joseph came to Rodosto at the invitation of his father’s fellows in exile as the rightful heir. In the summer of 1737, a war broke out between Austria and the
Ottoman Empire, and the Sultan recognized Joseph as the candidate for
Prince of Transylvania. However, the Ottoman forces were defeated, and on 10 November 1738, Joseph Rákóczi died in
Chervena Voda (now in Bulgaria).
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His life
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1700 births
1738 deaths
Joseph Rakoczi
Hungarian nobility