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Ruler · 1572 – 1613

Sigismund Báthory

Lived 1572 – 1613; politician. Prince of Transylvania of Principality of Transylvania (1570–1711), 1586 – 1598.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.

Lived
1572 – 1613
41 years
In office
12 years
one reign
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Principality of Transylvania (1570–1711)
Left it
abdicated
the ruler's own article

Prince of Transylvania

Principality of Transylvania (1570–1711) · the 5th of 12 dated reigns · 1176 – 1704

1 before
Sigismund Báthory1586 – 1598
Sigismund Rákóczi1607 – 1608
Gabriel Báthory1608 – 1613
4 after
Sigismund Báthory · 1586 – 1598 · this entry120013001400150016001700
killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removedending not on recordthis entry

Reigned 1586 – 1598 · 12 years

Came to it
the nephew or niece of the ruler before, on record
Left it
abdicatedread from the ruler's own article

the article also: abdicated

The triumph was followed by a series of Ottoman victories, and Sigismund abdicated in favor of Rudolph II in early 1598, receiving the duchies of Racibórz and Opole as a compensation.

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