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Stephen Bocskai

1557 - 1606

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Stephen Bocskai or Bocskay (Hungarian: Bocskai István, Slovak: Štefan Bočkaj; 1 January 1557 – 29 December 1606) was Prince of Transylvania and Hungary from 1605 to 1606. He was born to a Hungarian noble family. His father's estates were located in the eastern regions of the medieval Kingdom of Hungary, which developed into the Principality of Transylvania in the 1570s. He spent his youth in the court of the Holy Roman Emperor, Maximilian, who was also the ruler of Royal Hungary (the western and northern regions of the medieval kingdom). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Stephen Bocskai is the 4,440th most popular politician (down from 3,328th in 2019), the 80th most popular biography from Romania (down from 58th in 2019) and the 37th most popular Romanian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Stephen Bocskai ranks 4,440 out of 19,576. Before him are Ranuccio II Farnese, Duke of Parma, Princess Regina of Saxe-Meiningen, Lu Su, Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook, Sebastiano Venier, and Duncan I of Scotland. After him are Mokjong of Goryeo, Roméo Dallaire, Princess Elisabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausen, Godomar II, Gottlob Berger, and Mithridates V of Parthia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1557, Stephen Bocskai ranks 6. Before him are Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor, Feodor I of Russia, Giovanni Gabrieli, Agostino Carracci, and Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow. After him are Philip Howard, 13th Earl of Arundel, Oda Nobutada, Balthasar Gérard, Frederick I, Duke of Württemberg, Lew Sapieha, and Irina Godunova. Among people deceased in 1606, Stephen Bocskai ranks 7. Before him are Guy Fawkes, False Dmitry I, Karel van Mander, Justus Lipsius, Guru Arjan, and Alessandro Valignano. After him are Giovanni Andrea Doria, Johann VI, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg, Boşnak Derviş Mehmed Pasha, Turibius of Mogrovejo, Sokolluzade Lala Mehmed Pasha, and John Lyly.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Stephen Bocskai ranks 80 out of 844. Before him are Edward G. Robinson (1893), Petre Dumitrescu (1882), Orban (1404), Nicu Ceaușescu (1951), László Rajk (1909), and David Wechsler (1896). After him are Petru Groza (1884), Artur Phleps (1881), Dinu Lipatti (1917), Peter Mogila (1596), Mihnea cel Rău (1462), and Horia Sima (1907).

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Among POLITICIANS In Romania

Among politicians born in Romania, Stephen Bocskai ranks 37. Before him are Chivu Stoica (1908), Ana Pauker (1893), Sigismund Báthory (1572), György Dózsa (1470), Nicu Ceaușescu (1951), and László Rajk (1909). After him are Petru Groza (1884), Mihnea cel Rău (1462), Horia Sima (1907), Countess Claudine Rhédey von Kis-Rhéde (1812), Nicolae Iorga (1871), and László Tőkés (1952).

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