BWM PROJEKT – DREWITT BRADLEY: FRANCIS II. RÁKÓCZI, THE PRINCE OF HUNGARY A Báró Wesselényi Miklós Alapítványi Általános Iskola Gimnázium Szakgimnázium és Alapfokú Művészeti Iskola, a BWM tagja a hetedikes DREWITT BRADLEY, aki NAPOK rendszerben tanul nálunk. FRANCIS II. RÁKÓCZI Born: Borsi,Slovakia (March 27. 1676.) Passed: Rodostó,Turkey (April 8. 1735.) Leader of the Rákóczi War of Independence, the prince of Hungary, prince of Transylvania.   His name is closely related to the Rákóczi War of Independence, which it started in 1703, in order to regain Hungary’s full independence in order to become a state independent of the Habsburg Empire. For this purpose he was duly elected the prince of Transylvania and Hungary, to which he was perfectly fit, as he was descendant of Zsigmond Rákóczi, prince of Transylvania, in addition to his great-grandfather and grandfather György I. Rákóczi and II. György Rákóczi and his father Ferenc Rákóczi I were princes of Transylvania. His struggle did not achieve the desired result, but it was a partial success: the Habsburgs recognized Transylvania as a sovereign and did not colonize it. He still lives in the memory of the Hungarians as an honest and honest leader, because he refused to accept the pardon offered and persisted in the cause of Hungarian independence. Origin, family His father was Ferenc Rákóczi I., who died in infancy. Grandfather, great-grandfather and great-grandfather, I and II. György Rákóczi and Zsigmond Rákóczi were both princes of Transylvania. His mother, Ilona Zrínyi, daughter of Péter Zrínyi Croatian Ban and Katalin Frangepán, niece of the poet Miklós Zrínyi. Sister Julianna Rákóczi. After his university studies, young Rákóczi (his brother-in-law, Counselor Aspremont Ferdinand) decided on his own marriage and, without permission of the court, married Amalia Sarolta, Princess Hesse-Wanfriedi, father of Charles Hesse-Wanfriedi and Hessian-Wanfriedi (1649-1711). Countess of Dagsburg (1651-1703). The wedding was held on September 26, 1694, at the Cologne Cathedral, and the party was assembled by the electorate Joseph Kelemen of Bavaria in front of the main altar. (Rákóczi’s wife’s aunt, the Duchess of Orléans, was also related to Louis XIV of France.) Three children were born from the marriage: Lipót (May 28, 1696 – September 1699) Joseph (August 17, 1700 – November 10, 1738) George (August 8, 1701 – June 22, 1756) (Amalia Sarolta gave birth to a little girl on November 16, 1706, but she lived only...