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Horthy de Nagybánya, Nikolaus
© Copyright Nikolaus Horthy de Nagybánya. Photo, around 1935. Horthy de Nagybánya, Nikolaus, b. Kenderes (Hungary), June 18, 1868, d. Estoril (Portugal), Feb. 9, 1957, Hungarian politician and admiral. Rear-admiral and fleet commander of the navy of the Dual Monarchy, appointed vice-admiral Nov. 1, 1918. suppressed the Hungarian Soviet republic in 1919. 1920-1944 regent of Hungary. under pressure by the Entente powers, thwarted two attempts of King Karl IV (Karl I von Österreich) to recover the throne. After calling for special armistice terms for Hungary in 1944, he was forced to abdicate and was imprisoned by the Germans; after the war, exile in Portugal. Literature: P. Gosztony, N. H. Admiral und Reichsverweser, 1973; K. Csonkaréti, H. - a tengerész, 1993.
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