Bocskai uprising

Bocskai uprising Bocskai's War of Independence
Part of the Long Turkish War and the European wars of religion
Bocskai's statue on the Reformation Wall in Geneva
Date 28 September 1604–23 June 1606 (1 year, 8 months, 3 weeks and 5 days) Location Transylvania Result Treaty of Vienna (1606)
Belligerents
Holy Roman Empire Crown of Bohemia Austria Royalists Kingdom of Croatia  Spanish Empire Zaporozhian Host Serbs Walloon, Italian, German mercenaries	Hajduk rebels of Stephen Bocskai and Hungarian supporters and minorities (mostly Slovaks and Rusyns) Transylvania Moldavia Ottoman Empire Crimean Khanate
Commanders and leaders
Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor Giorgio Basta Giovanni Barbiano di Belgiojoso	Stephen Bocskai Balázs Németi † Ferenc Rhédey Sokolluzade Lala Mehmed Pasha
Strength
60,000	40,000

The Bocskai uprising, known in Hungary as Bocskai's War of Independence (Hungarian: Bocskai szabadságharc, Bocskai-felkelés) was a revolt which took place in Hungary, Transylvania and modern Slovakia during the Long Turkish War (between 1604 and 1606) against Emperor Rudolf II. The rebel leader was Stephen Bocskai, a Protestant Hungarian nobleman. The Ottoman wars had burdened the Kingdom of Hungary for years, causing famine and disease, and the armies of the Christian states had been weakened by losses to Ottoman and Tatar forces.

Rudolf II persecuted the Protestants, and the wealthy Hungarian noblemen were falsely accused of treason. Bocskai organized the revolt and persuaded the Hungarian military Hajduks to join, defeating the imperial forces and foreign mercenaries. The Hungarian nobility, soldiers and peasants (including the minorities) joined Bocskai's Hajduk army. Although he was supported by the Ottoman Empire, the Crimean Khanate, Moldavia, Transylvania, he prevented an Ottoman siege of Vienna. Bocskai was declared Prince of Transylvania and Hungary, but recognized that total Hungarian independence impossible against the Habsburg monarchy and the Ottoman Empire. He blazed a political trail for his supporters: the preservation of an independent Transylvania, a potential base for the unification of Hungary.