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    Lajos Batthyany

    Birth: 2-14-1807

    Death: 10-6-1849

    Alternate Surname: Batthyány

Biography

Lajos Batthyany was born in Pozsony in the Austrian Empire. It is called Bratislava now and is located in present-day Slovakia. Batthyany was educated in Vienna and in 1826 joined the army. He gained control of his lands c. 1830, so he moved home. In 1845 Batthyany led forces against Habsburg rule. They fought for independence. "He went to Vienna in March 1848 as a member of the committee that presented Hungarian demands for parliamentary reform to the Austrian imperial court." Batthyany was appointed prime minister of Hungary's parliamentary government by Emperor Ferdinand in April of 1848. In the civil war that followed, Batthyany chose the side of the revolutionaries even though he had previously tried to mediate the conflict. He was wounded in the winter of 1848. In January of 1849 he was seized on his travels and charged with treason, then sentenced to death. He was executed on October 6, 1849.

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Lajos Batthyany was born in Pozsony in the Austrian Empire. It is called Bratislava now and is located in present-day Slovakia. Batthyany was educated in Vienna and in 1826 joined the army. He gained control of his lands c. 1830, so he moved home. In 1845 Batthyany led forces against Habsburg rule. They fought for independence. "He went to Vienna in March 1848 as a member of the committee that presented Hungarian demands for parliamentary reform to the Austrian imperial court." Batthyany was appointed prime minister of Hungary's parliamentary government by Emperor Ferdinand in April of 1848. In the civil war that followed, Batthyany chose the side of the revolutionaries even though he had previously tried to mediate the conflict. He was wounded in the winter of 1848. In January of 1849 he was seized on his travels and charged with treason, then sentenced to death. He was executed on October 6, 1849.
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