Horthy was born into a noble [[Protestant]] family on June 18, 1868, in Kenderes, Hungary.<ref name="Britannica">[https://www.britannica.com/biography/Miklos-Nagybanyai-Horthy Miklós Horthy]. ''Encyclopædia Britannica''. Retrieved February 4, 2018.</ref> He joined the Austro-Hungarian naval academy at the age of fourteen.<ref name="Britannica"/> Horthy rose quickly in the ranks,<ref name="Encyclopedia.com">[http://www.encyclopedia.com/history/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/horthy-miklos-1868-1957 Horthy, Miklós (1868–1957)]. ''Encyclopedia.com''. Retrieved February 4, 2018.</ref> serving as an aide-de-camp to the Austro-Hungarian emperor [[Francis Joseph]] from 1909 to 1914.<ref name="Britannica"/> | Horthy was born into a noble [[Protestant]] family on June 18, 1868, in Kenderes, Hungary.<ref name="Britannica">[https://www.britannica.com/biography/Miklos-Nagybanyai-Horthy Miklós Horthy]. ''Encyclopædia Britannica''. Retrieved February 4, 2018.</ref> He joined the Austro-Hungarian naval academy at the age of fourteen.<ref name="Britannica"/> Horthy rose quickly in the ranks,<ref name="Encyclopedia.com">[http://www.encyclopedia.com/history/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/horthy-miklos-1868-1957 Horthy, Miklós (1868–1957)]. ''Encyclopedia.com''. Retrieved February 4, 2018.</ref> serving as an aide-de-camp to the Austro-Hungarian emperor [[Francis Joseph]] from 1909 to 1914.<ref name="Britannica"/> |