Topic summary
Rákóczi's War of Independence
- Hungarian Slovenes
- Slovaks
- Rusyns
- Zipser Saxons
- Hungarian Germans
- Croats from Hungary
- Šokac and Bunjevac people
- Romanians in Hungary (factions)
- pro-Hungarian Serbs
- c. 60,000
- c. 4,500 Danish soldiers
- c. 70,000
- c. 1,500 French soldiers
- c. 3,000–4,000 Swedish and Polish mercenaries (with Poles, Lithuanians, Ruthenians and Lipkas)
Rákóczi's War of Independence (1703–1711) was one of the most significant attempts to topple the rule of the Habsburgs over Hungary. The war was conducted by a group of noblemen and wealthy and high-ranking progressives and was led by Francis II Rákóczi; resigned soldiers and peasants also fought alongside the noblemen. The insurrection was unsuccessful, ending with the Treaty of Szatmár, by which the Hungarian nobility managed to satisfy some important Hungarian interests. Despite the defeat, the treaty granted political and religious amnesty to the kurucs. The war of independence achieved some major political success: it prevented Hungary's full integration into the Habsburg Empire, Hungary's constitution was preserved and the power of the parliament - as the supreme legislative institution of Hungary - remained intact.