Rákóczi's War of Independence

Rákóczi's War of Independence
	Part of the War of the Spanish Succession
	; Kuruc horsemen captured an Austrian soldier
Date	15 June 1703 – 1 May 1711
Location	Hungary
Result	Victory of Holy Roman Empire Treaty of Szatmár;
Belligerents
Holy Roman Empire: Austria ; Prussia ; Margraviate of Baden ; Serbs from the Military Frontier ; Transylvanian Saxons ; Kingdom of Croatia ; Royalists ; Danish Auxiliary Corps ; Foreign mercenaries: Swiss ; Germans ; Italians ; Spaniards ; Danes ; Norwegians ;	Kuruc (Kingdom of Hungary); Principality of Transylvania; Kingdom of France; Minorities: Hungarian Slovenes ; Slovaks ; Rusyns ; Zipser Saxons ; Hungarian Germans ; Croats from Hungary ; Šokac and Bunjevac people ; Romanians in Hungary ; pro-Hungarian Serbs ; Foreign mercenaries and volunteers: Poles ; Wallachians ; Crimean Tatars ; Swedes ; Ottoman Turks ; Germans ; Lithuanians ; Moldavians ; Bulgarians ; Lipka Tatars ; Ruthenians ;
Commanders and leaders
Leopold I; Joseph I; Charles VI; Prince Eugene of Savoy; Lt Gen Leopold Schlick; Gen Sigbert Heister; Cav Gen Jean-Louis de Bussy-Rabutin; Cav Gen Jacob Cusani; Gen Ludwig Herbeville; Gen Guido von Starhemberg; Jovan Popović Tekelija; Gen János Pálffy; Gen Andreas Harboe;	Prince Francis II Rákóczi; Chancellor István Sennyey; Maj Gen Miklós Bercsényi; Gen Sándor Károlyi; Gen Simon Forgách; Gen János Bottyán †; Brig Tamás Esze †; Colonel Pál Gődény; Marquis Pierre Puchot des Alleurs; Artillery Colonel Antoine de La Motte; Colonel Jean-Bérenger Le Maire; Colonel Fierville d'Hérissy de Rivière; Józef Potocki, Palatine of Kiev;
Strength
c. 60,000; c. 4,500 Danish soldiers;	c. 70,000; c. 1,500 French soldiers; c. 3,000–4,000 Swedish and Polish mercenaries (with Poles, Lithuanians, Ruthenians and Lipkas);

Rákóczi's War of Independence (1703–1711) was the first significant attempt to topple the rule of the Habsburgs over Hungary. The war was conducted by a group of noblemen, wealthy and high-ranking progressives and was led by Francis II Rákóczi and resigned soldiers and peasants fought alongside the noblemen. The insurrection was unsuccessful, ending with the Treaty of Szatmár; however, the Hungarian nobility managed to partially satisfy Hungarian interests.