Section "G" – Archives Relating to the Wars of Independence under Thököly and Rákóczi

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This section consists of two artificially created, collection type archives.

1. Archives of the Thököly War of Independence

1648–1703

The records of this archives were selected from the private archives of the Thököly family, the archives of the Hungarian Chamber and the Szepes Chamber in 1954. The purpose of the selection was to reconstruct the document units of contemporary central and local offices and to collect the papers of individuals who played significant roles in the events. The material is divided into "kuruc" (rebel) and "labanc" (imperial) record series.

2. Archives of the Rákóczi War of Independence

(1526) 1694–1714 (1728)

The records of this archives were selected from the private archives of the Rákóczi-Aspremont family, the archives of the Hungarian Chamber and the Szepes Chamber in 1952–1953, with the same purpose as in the case of the Thököly Archives. The documents of the collection are classified as follows: the remaining documents of the archives of the Prince; the documents of the central authorities of the Insurrection; the documents of local authorities; letters and appeals of individuals; "kuruc" (rebel) and "labanc" (imperial) documents.

Finding Aids: Descriptive inventory (Emma Iványi: The Political Archives of Francis Rákóczi II; Levéltári Közlemények [Archival Publications]; Budapest,1954.

Ferenc Maksai: The Archives of the Rákóczi War of Independence; Levéltári Közlemények [Archival Publications]; Budapest,1954.), repertory.