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Magyar Királyság ( Hungarian) Regnum Hungariae ( Latin) 1301–1526. Top: Dynastic standard of the House of Anjou. Bottom: Royal standard of Matthias Corvinus. Coat of arms. Kingdom of Hungary in the 14th century. Status. In personal union with the Kingdom of Croatia.
The Kingdom of Hungary was a monarchy in Central Europe that existed for nearly a millennium, from the Middle Ages into the 20th century. The Principality of Hungary emerged as a Christian kingdom upon the coronation of the first king Stephen I at Esztergom around the year 1000; his family (the Árpád dynasty) led the monarchy for 300 years.
- 282,870 km² (109,220 sq mi)
- Diet (from the 1290s)
t. e. The Kingdom of Hungary between 1526 and 1867 existed as a state outside the Holy Roman Empire, [a] but part of the lands of the Habsburg monarchy that became the Austrian Empire in 1804. After the Battle of Mohács in 1526, the country was ruled by two crowned kings ( John I and Ferdinand I ). Initially, the exact territory under Habsburg ...
Magyar Királyság ( Hungarian) Regnum Hungariae ( Latin) 1301–1526. Top: Dynastic standard of the House of Anjou. Bottom: Royal standard of Matthias Corvinus. Coat of arms. Kingdom of Hungary in the 14th century. Status. In personal union with the Kingdom of Croatia.
Introduction History of Hungary; Early history Prehistory Roman rule Migration period; Medieval Hungary Conquest and early principality (895–1000) Patrimonial Kingdom (1000–1301) Mongol invasions Late medieval period (1301–1526) Árpád succession Matthias Corvinus Decline and partition; Early modern period Ottoman wars Anti-Habsburg ...
The kingdom became a dual monarchy in 1867, known as Austria-Hungary. The Kingdom of Hungary between 1526 and 1867 existed as a state outside the Holy Roman Empire, but part of the lands of the Habsburg monarchy that became the Austrian Empire in 1804. After the Battle of Mohács in 1526, the country was ruled by two crowned kings.
In the Late Middle Ages, the Kingdom of Hungary, a country in Central Europe, experienced a period of interregnum in the early 14th century. Royal power was restored under Charles I (1308–1342), a scion of the Capetian House of Anjou. Gold and silver mines opened in his reign produced about one third of the world's total production up until the 1490s. The kingdom reached the peak of its ...
