Rákóczy II., George of Transylvania, rebels against the Austrian rule, 334; retires to Poland, 335; victorious over the Germans and Turks, 352; defeated by Leopold, 352
Rákóczy, Francis, conspires against Leopold I., and estates confiscated, 355; leads new insurrection, 363
Rákos, diet at, 258; meeting of National assembly at, 265
Rudolph of Hapsburg, alliance with Ladislaus IV., 145; letter to Ladislaus, 146
Rudolph, son of Maximilian, King of Hungary, 342; irritated with the Hungarian diet, 342; leaves Hungary for 25 years, 342; prohibits religious discussion in the diet, 345
Russ, Melchior, Swiss envoy, received by Matthias, 236
Sarolta, wife of Duke Geyza, 51; mother of Stephen, 68
Selim, Sultan, vows to build mosques in Jerusalem, Buda, and Rome, 282
Shabatz, siege of, 224; siege of, by the Turks, 283; taken by the Turks, 284
Shamanism, 53; Magyars, religion of the, contains traces of the Parsee religion, 55
Sigismund, husband of Queen Mary, hypothecates the countries’ funds, 176; crowned king of Hungary, 179; marches into Croatia and Bosnia, 180; makes alliance with Manuel, Emperor of the East, 183; defeated by Bajazet, 184; imprisoned, 185; marries Barbara, daughter of Count Arminius Cilley, 186; establishes the Order of the Dragon, 186; elected emperor of Germany, 187; war with Venice, 188; travels of, 190; offered the crown of Bohemia, 192; death, 193
Sigismund Hampr, Bishop of Fünfkirchen, 263
Slavonia, old constitution restored to, 437
Sobieski, John, of Poland, routs the Turks, 331
Solomon, son of Andrew, 104; betrothal of, 104; ascends throne, 108; feud with sons of Béla, 109; defeated at Mogyoród, 109; leads the life of a hermit, 109
Solyman the Magnificent, 282; sends ambassador to Louis II., attacks Shabatz and Belgrade, 283; invades Hungary, 286; defeats Louis at Mohács and enters Buda, 289; returns to Constantinople, 295; marches towards Vienna, 297; retreats after siege of Köszeg, 298; besieges Temesvár, 302; invades Hungary for the sixth time, 311; besieges Szigetvár, 311
Stephen, baptism of, 57; rebellion against, 59; defeats Gyula and Khan, 60; first king of Hungary, 65; extinguishes the pagan faith, 72; founds abbeys, 80; munificence of, 82; constitutional reforms, 84; war with Conrad, 89; advice to his son, 91; chooses his successor, 95; death of, 95; canonization, 96