Hungary Stamps
1944
Michel 759
"Ilona Zrínyi (1643-1703)"
Issued: 1st Aug 1944. This stamp features Ilona Zrínyi (1643-1703) and measures 21 x 26mm. It was printed photogravure on sheets of watermarked 10 paper and is perf 15.
Countess Ilona Zrínyi (also known as Jelena Zrinska or Zrínyi Ilona) was a noblewoman and heroine. She was one of the last surviving members of the Croatian-Hungarian Zrinski/Zrínyi noble family. She was the daughter of Petar Zrinski, Ban (viceroy) of Croatia, and the wife of Francis Rákóczi I and Imre Thököly, as well as the mother of Francis Rákóczi II. She is remembered in history for her Defense of Palanok Castle against the Imperial army in 1685-1688, an act for which she was regarded a heroine in Hungary.
Ilona Zrínyi is celebrated in Croatia and Hungary as one of the greatest national heroines, patriots and fighters for freedom, who opposed, although unsuccessfully, the autocracy and absolutism aspirations of the Habsburgs. Her even more famous son Francis II Rákóczi continued the struggle for the independence of Hungary (1703–1711). In October 1906 the remains of the Croatian countess were reinterred with her son's in the St Elisabeth Cathedral in present-day Košice, Slovakia.
Mi 759
80f
dark carmine brown
Front
80f
dark carmine brown
Front
Mi 759
80f
dark carmine brown
Reverse
80f
dark carmine brown
Reverse
Valid until: 30th Jun 1946
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Mi 759
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