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faith. Therefore, he was buried on a hill, which later became known as the Bekes Hill. His grave was marked by an octagonal tower, 20 metres (66 ft) in height and 6 metres (20 ft) in diameter. The hill and his grave were washed away by the
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seeking allies. His hopes were revived again when in 1574 Henry of Valois abdicated the Polish throne for that of France and the Maximilian–Báthory rivalry resumed. Bekes, supported by
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Dictionary of Battles and Sieges: A Guide to 8,500 Battles from Antiquity Through the Twenty-first Century
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in 1575. Supporters of Bekes were brutally suppressed and privileges for the Székelys were suspended.
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as its monarch, Maximilian and Báthory ceased hostilities. Bekes unsuccessfully traveled to the
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in 1576, Bekes reconciled with Báthory, becoming his close adviser. Bekes also fought in the
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for burial, but none of the city's Christian cemeteries agreed to accept him because of his
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Bekes caught cold, fell ill, and died later in Hrodna. His body was transported to
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as their voivode while Bekes was away on a diplomatic mission in the court of
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Remains of Bekes Hill (on the right) before it was washed away entirely
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Jonynas, Ignas (1933–1944). "Bekeš". In Vaclovas Biržiška (ed.).
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Polish people of the Livonian campaign of Stephen Báthory
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Beard, John Relly; Frederick Augustus Farley (1846).
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personal name
Western name order

Alexis Grimou
Stephen Báthory
Transylvania
John II Sigismund Zápolya
Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor
Székelys
King of Poland
Grand Duke of Lithuania
Danzig rebellion
Livonian War

Coat of arms
John II Sigismund Zápolya
King of Hungary
Voivode of Transylvania
Stephen Báthory
Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Vienna
elected
Henry of Valois
Ottoman Empire
Székelys
Battle of Kerelőszentpál

elected and crowned
King of Poland

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