Louis Kossuth led Hungarian nationalists in an 1848 revolt.
Louis Kossuth was a Hungarian nobleman, lawyer, journalist, politician, statesman and Governor-President of the Kingdom of Hungary during the revolution of 1848–49.
Lajos, Kossuth was the foremost leader of the Hungarian Revolution.
The revolt in the Kingdom of Hungary brought about a war for independence from the Austrian Empire, controlled by the Habsburg dynasty.