The New International Encyclopædia/Tökölyi, Imre

​Tökölyi, tẽ′kẽl-yĭ, or Tököli, Imre (Emerich), Count (1656–1705). An Hungarian patriot. He belonged to a Lutheran family and was born at the Castle of Késmárk, in the County of Zips. His father, Count Stephen, was implicated in the conspiracy of Zrinyi, Rákóczy, and Frangipani against Leopold I. of Austria; and after his death, and the execution of Zrinyi and others, young Tökölyi sought an asylum in Poland, where he had large possessions. After vain endeavors to recover from the Emperor his patrimonial estates, he obtained the support of Apafi, Prince of Transylvania, and in 1678 he took the lead in the insurrection in Hungary. He advanced victoriously, capturing a number of towns, and even penetrating into the heart of Moravia. The Turkish Sultan, Mohammed IV., espoused his cause, and in 1682 declared him Prince of Hungary under Turkish suzerainty. Tökölyi joined Kara Mustapha in the great onslaught on Austria in 1683, but after the disaster to the Turks at Vienna many of his followers fell off from him, and in 1685 he was imprisoned by the Turks. He was soon released, however, and resumed operations, but without success. In 1689 he was made Prince of Transylvania by the Sultan, and invaded that country with a Turkish army, but was forced back into Wallachia. He took part in the subsequent campaigns against Austria, and after the Peace of Karlowitz he was made by the Sultan Prince of Widdin and resided as his pensioner at Constantinople, where he died.