Kuruc forces

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insurgent military force irregular troops

The Kuruc forces were anti-Habsburg Hungarian insurgent troops, composed largely of nobles, peasants, and irregular soldiers, who fought for national and religious freedoms in the early 18th century.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Kuruc rebels 2
Kuruc movement 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf insurgent military force ⓘ
irregular troops ⓘ
activeInPeriod early 18th century ⓘ
late 17th century ⓘ
associatedCulture Hungarian folk tradition ⓘ
Kuruc songs ⓘ
associatedSymbol red-white-green cockade ⓘ
cause defense of noble privileges ⓘ
opposition to Counter-Reformation policies ⓘ
resistance to Habsburg centralization ⓘ
country Kingdom of Hungary NERFINISHED ⓘ
disbandedAfter Peace of Szatmár NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasEthnicComposition Germans NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hungarians NERFINISHED ⓘ
Romanians NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ruthenians NERFINISHED ⓘ
Serbs NERFINISHED ⓘ
Slovaks NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNameEtymology derived from Turkish word "kurudsch" or Latin "cruciatus" (disputed) ⓘ
hasReligiousComposition Calvinists NERFINISHED ⓘ
Catholics ⓘ
Greek Catholics NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lutherans NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSocialComposition irregular soldiers ⓘ
nobility ⓘ
peasants ⓘ
ideology Hungarian national independence ⓘ
anti-Habsburg ⓘ
defense of Protestant religious freedoms ⓘ
influenced Hungarian national identity ⓘ
language Hungarian NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainOpponent Habsburg Monarchy NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableConflict Rákóczi's War of Independence NERFINISHED ⓘ
Thököly's uprising ⓘ
notableLeader Francis II Rákóczi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Imre Thököly NERFINISHED ⓘ
Miklós Bercsényi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sándor Károlyi NERFINISHED ⓘ
operationalArea Tisza region NERFINISHED ⓘ
Transdanubia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Transylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ
Upper Hungary NERFINISHED ⓘ
opposedBy Imperial Habsburg army NERFINISHED ⓘ
Loyalist Hungarian nobility ⓘ
partOf Kuruc movement NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedTactics guerrilla warfare ⓘ
hit-and-run attacks ⓘ
light cavalry raids ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rákóczi's War of Independence → hasParticipant → Kuruc forces ⓘ
Rákóczi's War of Independence → belligerent → Kuruc forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kuruc rebels
Francis II Rákóczi → movement → Kuruc forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kuruc movement
Francis II Rákóczi → associatedWith → Kuruc forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kuruc rebels