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Medieval Hungary

Kingdom of Hungary
Names
Regnum Hungariae  (Latin)
Königreich Ungarn  (German)
Magyar Királyság  (Hungarian)
1000–1918

1920–1946
Flag (1867-1918) Coat of Arms
Motto
Regnum Mariae Patrona Hungariae
"Kingdom of Mary, the Patron of Hungary"
Anthem
Himnusz
Hymn

Royal anthem
God save, God protect Our Emperor, Our Country!
Kingdoms of Hungary (dark green) and Croatia-Slavonia (light green) within Austria-Hungary in 1914
Capital Budapest

Historical capitals:
Esztergom (10th to mid-13th century)
Buda (mid-13th century to 1541)a
Pressburg (1536–1783)
Debrecen (1849)
Székesfehérvár (place of diets, royal seat, crowning and burial site from 1000 to 1543)
Languages Official languages:
Latin
(1000–1784; 1790–1844)
German
(1784–1790; 1849–1867)
Hungarian
(1844–1849; 1867–1946)
Other spoken languages:
Romanian, Slovak, Croatian, Slovene, Serbian, Italian, Ruthenian, Carpathian Romani, Yiddish, Polish
Religion Roman Catholic,Calvinism, Lutheranism, Eastern Orthodoxy, Eastern Catholic, Unitarianism, Judaism
Government Monarchy
Monarch
 •  1000–1038 Stephen I (first)
 •  1916–1918 Charles IV (last)
 •  1920–1944 Regent Miklós Horthy
Palatine
 •  1009–1038 Samuel Aba
 •  1847–1848 Stephen Francis Victor
Prime Minister
 •  1848 Lajos Batthyány
 •  1945–1946 Zoltán Tildy
Legislature Diet (from the 1290s)
 •  Upper house House of Magnates
(1867–1918; 1926–1945)
 •  Lower house House of Representatives
(1867–1918; 1927–1945)
Historical era 2nd millennium
 •  Coronation of Stephen I 25 December 1000
 •  Ottoman occupation
of Buda
29 August 1541
 •  Hungarian Revolution 15 March 1848
 •  1867 Compromise 20 March 1867
 •  Treaty of Trianon 4 June 1920
 •  Monarchy abolished 1 February 1946
Area
 •  1910 282,870 km² (109,217 sq mi)
 •  1930 93,073 km² (35,936 sq mi)
 •  1941 172,149 km² (66,467 sq mi)
Population
 •  1711 est. 3,000,000 
 •  1790 est. 8,000,000 
 •  1910 est. 18,264,533 
     Density 64.6 /km²  (167.2 /sq mi)
 •  1930 est. 8,688,319 
     Density 93.3 /km²  (241.8 /sq mi)
 •  1941 est. 14,669,100 
     Density 85.2 /km²  (220.7 /sq mi)
Currency Florentinus (1325–1553)
Thaler
Florin (1754–1867)
Forint (1867–1892)
Korona (1892–1918)
Korona (1919–1926)
Pengő (1927–1946)
Adópengő (1946)
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Principality of Hungary
Hungarian Republic (1919–20)
First Hungarian Republic
Second Hungarian Republic
Today part of  Austria
 Bosnia and Herzegovina
 Croatia
 Hungary
 Poland
 Romania
 Serbia
 Slovakia
 Slovenia
 Ukraine
a. First became capital in 1256

The Kingdom of Hungary was a monarchy in Central Europe that existed from the Middle Ages into the twentieth century (1000–1946 with the exception of 1918–1920). The Principality of Hungary emerged as a Christian kingdom upon the coronation of the first king Stephen I at Esztergom in about the year 1000; his family (the Árpád dynasty) led the monarchy for 300 years. By the 12th century, the kingdom became a European middle power within the Western world.

Due to the Ottoman occupation of the central and southern territories in the 16th century, the monarchy split into three parts: the Habsburg Royal Hungary, Ottoman Hungary and the semi-independent Principality of Transylvania. The House of Habsburg held the Hungarian throne after the Battle of Mohács until 1918 and also played a key role in the liberation wars against the Ottoman Empire.

From 1867 territories connected to the Hungarian crown were incorporated into Austria-Hungary under the name of Lands of the Crown of Saint Stephen. The monarchy ended with the deposition of the last king Charles IV in 1918, after which Hungary became a republic. The kingdom was nominally restored during the "Regency" of 1920–46, ending with the Soviet occupation in 1946.


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