Bottyán, János

(1643-1709), also known as Vak Bottyán János (Blind Bottyán), was a Hungarian general. He was born into a poor noble family of Protestant religion. He fought against the Ottomans under the Habsburgs in the liberation of Buda. In 1704 he became a general in the Rákóczi’s War for Independence against the Habsburgs. He is referred to as “blind” because he lost an eye while fighting the Ottomans.