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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;talerman, post: 4554410, member: 89314&quot;]HUNGARY&nbsp; Ferenc Rakoczi II &amp; the Malcontents&nbsp; 20 Poltura&nbsp; 1705</p><p><br /></p><p>Hungary was long discontent with Habsburg rule. When Emperor Leopold I&nbsp; withdrew nearly all his troops due to his involvement with the War of the Spanish Succession, there was an immediate rebellion. The rebels were known as the Malcontents. Ferenc Rakoczi II was elected prince by the Diet in 1704. . Even though his armies were large, they were ill-equipped and without artillery. After the Austrians and the English defeated the French at Blenheim, the emperor sent an army into Hungary and badly defeated Rakoczi in 1705. Two diets still deposed the Habsburgs in 1707 and formed an interim government under Rakoczi until a national king could be elected. Leopold&#039;s successor, Joseph I, defeated Rakoczi again in 1708 but a guerilla war continued. Joseph died in 1711 and his brother and successor Karl VI restored peace on the base of a general amnesty.</p><p><br /></p><p>To finance his armies, Rakoczi created a new copper-based coinage in 1704 but it&nbsp; was not easily accepted in Hungary as people were used to silver coins. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1127703[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1127704[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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