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    Miklós Horthy

    Regent of Hungary from 1920 to 1944

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  1. Miklós Horthy de Nagybánya ( Hungarian: Vitéz [1] Nagybányai Horthy Miklós; Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈviteːz ˈnɒɟbaːɲɒi ˈhorti ˈmikloːʃ]; English: Nicholas Horthy; [2] German: Nikolaus Horthy von Nagybánya; 18 June 1868 – 9 February 1957) was a Hungarian admiral and statesman who served as the regent of the Kingdom of ...

  2. Miklós Horthy (born June 18, 1868, Kenderes, Hung., Austria-Hungary—died Feb. 9, 1957, Estoril, Port.) was a Hungarian naval officer and conservative leader who defeated revolutionary forces in Hungary after World War I and remained the country’s head of state until 1944.

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  3. Horthy, Miklós (Admiral Horthy) Naval officer, Regent of Hungary. Born 18 June 1868 in Kenderes, Hungary. Died 09 February 1957 in Estoril, Portugal. Horthy was a naval officer of Austria-Hungary. During the First World War he was first in command of a cruiser and then chief commander of the navy.

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  5. Jan 7, 2021 · For Admiral Miklós Horthy, who largely avoided being caught up in the postwar turmoil, the war had ended not so badly. Under orders from his government—who now took their orders from the victorious Allies—he had surrendered all of the Austro-Hungarian navy’s ships and naval bases.

  6. Jun 18, 2023 · On 18 June 1868, 155 years ago today, Hungarian admiral Miklós Horthy de Nagybánya was born in Kenderes, Austria-Hungary. One of the greatest Hungarian statesmen of the 20th century served as the Regent of the Kingdom of Hungary between 1 March 1920 and 16 October 1944.

  7. Regent of Hungary during the turbulent period from 1920 until his arrest by the Nazis in 1944, Miklós Horthy de Nagybánya was born into a noble Protestant family in 1868. As a young man he served in the Austro-Hungarian navy, quickly ascending the ranks to become one of the navy's most valued officers.

  8. Biography | Horthy Miklós. Family life. He was born on the 18th June 1868, the fifth child of the Horthy family, in the county of Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok. In his early years he received all of his education in French from a native speaker.

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