Kuruc

…He was born into a large Protestant land-owning noble family in northern Hungary. After his father was defeated in an anti-Habsburg conspiracy, he went to Transylvania in 1670, where he took command of the volunteer army Kuruc in 1678. He occupied northern Hungary in a battle between September and November of that year, and was elected Grand Duke (known as the Thökely Revolt). He later allied himself with the Ottoman Turks, but after the failure of the Turkish attack on Vienna in 1683, he was captured by the Turks while trying to make peace with Emperor Leopold, and the Grand Duchy of Northern Hungary collapsed in 1685. …

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…北ハンガリーのプロテスタント大土地所有貴族の出。父が反ハプスブルクの陰謀に加わって敗れたため，1670年トランシルバニアへ行き，そこで78年から義勇軍クルツKurucの指揮をとり，同年9～11月の戦いで北部ハンガリーを占領，大公に選出された(テケリの乱とよばれる)。その後オスマン･トルコと結ぶが，83年のトルコ軍のウィーン攻撃の失敗ののち，皇帝レオポルトと和を講じようとしてトルコ軍に捕らわれ，85年には北ハンガリー大公国も崩壊。…

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