Description: Stelhe Bocskai 1 January 1557 29 December 1606) wasPrince of Transylvaniaand Hungary from 1605 to 1606. He was born to aHungarian noble family. His father's estates were located in theeastern regions of the medieval Kingdom of Hungary, which developed into thePrincipality of Transylvaniain the 1570s.Bocskai's career started when hisunderagenephew,Sigismund Bthory, became the ruler of Transylvania in 1581. After theDiet of Transylvaniadeclared Sigismund of age in 1588, Bocskai was one of the few members of Sigismund's council who supported his plan to join an anti-Ottoman coalition. Sigismund made Bocskai captain of Vrad (nowOradeain Romania) in 1592. After the pro-Ottoman noblemen forced Sigismund to renounce his throne in 1594, Bocskai supported him in his bid to regain it, for which Sigismund rewarded him with estates confiscated from the leaders of the opposition. On Sigismund's behalf Bocskai signed a treaty concerning the membership of Transylvania in theHoly Leaguein Prague on 28January 1595. He led the Transylvanian army toWallachia, which had been occupied by the Ottomans. The Christian troops liberated Wallachia and defeated the retreating Ottoman army in theBattle of Giurgiuon 29September 1595.
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Composition: Silver
Year: 1607
Country/Region of Manufacture: Hungary
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