List of Hungarian rulers 156666 221492722 2008-06-24T19:11:37Z JAnDbot 1725149 robot Adding: [[es:Anexo:Reyes de Hungría]], [[pt:Anexo:Lista de soberanos da Hungria]] This is a list of all '''rulers of Hungary''' since Árpád. See [[Heads of state of Hungary]] for a list of post-1918 presidents. == Rise of a Hungarian state (895–1000) and the [[Kingdom of Hungary]] (1000–1918)== {| class="wikitable" |- !style=background:#aadead;| Affiliation !style=background:#ababab;| Ruler !style=background:#efdead;| Reigns of rulers !style=background:#dfdead;| Remarks |- | [[Árpáds]] || [[High Prince Álmos|Álmos]] || c.858-c.895 || Álmos was the first Hungarian leader, father of Árpád. He strengthened the alliance between the other six proto-[[Magyars|Magyar]] tribal leaders. |- | [[Árpáds]] || [[Árpád]] || c.895–c.907 ||Árpád is said to have led the proto-[[Magyars]] into [[Central Europe]]. According to the dual system of rulership (based on the similar Khazar rulership method), he was the actual ruler leader alongside of [[Kurszán]] as religious leader. |- |bgcolor=#DDEEFF colspan=4 | ''The rulers during the first half of the 10th century are very much disputed, as the Hungarian nation consisted of several tribes led by various leaders. Most frequently proposed are:'' |- | || [[Szabolcs of Hungary|Szabolcs]] || c.907–? || |- | [[Árpáds]] || [[Tarhos]] || c.907–c.922 || |- | [[Árpáds]] || [[Zoltan of Hungary|Zoltán]] || c.907–c.947 || |- | [[Árpáds]] || [[Fajsz]] || c.947–c.955 || &nbsp; |- | [[Árpáds]] || [[Taksony of Hungary|Taksony]] || c.955–c.972 || &nbsp; |- | [[Árpáds]] || [[Geza of Hungary|Géza]] || c.972–997 || son of Taksony &nbsp; |- | [[Árpáds]] || [[Stephen I of Hungary|St. Stephen]]<br>''(Szent István)'' || 997–1038 || son of Géza, first king of Hungary (1000) |- |bgcolor=#DDEEFF colspan=4 | ''Dynastic struggle 1038–1046'' |- | [[Urseolo]] || [[Peter Urseolo of Hungary|Peter Urseolo]]<br> ''(Orseolo Péter)'' || 1038–1041 || grandson of Géza |- | [[Samuel Aba of Hungary|Aba]] || [[Sámuel Aba]] || 1041–1044 || husband of Géza's daughter; leader of the [[Kabar]] tribe |- | [[Urseolo]] || [[Peter Urseolo of Hungary|Peter Urseolo]] || 1044–1046 || grandson of Géza |- |bgcolor=#DDEEFF colspan=4 | ''[[Vatha pagan rising]] 1046-1047'' |- | [[Árpáds]] || [[Andrew I of Hungary|Andrew I the White or the Catholic]] ''(András)'' || 1047–1061 || Árpád dynasty restored |- | [[Árpáds]] || [[Béla I of Hungary|Béla I]] ''(Béla)''|| 1061–1063 || brother of Andrew I |- | [[Árpáds]] || [[Solomon of Hungary|Solomon]] ''(Salamon)'' || 1063–1074 || son of Andrew I |- | [[Árpáds]] || [[Geza I of Hungary|Géza I]] || 1074–1077 || son of Béla I |- | [[Árpáds]] || [[Ladislaus I of Hungary|St. Ladislaus]] ''(Szent László)'' || 1077–1095 || son of Béla I |- | [[Árpáds]] || [[Coloman of Hungary|Coloman]] ''(Könyves Kálmán)'' || 1095–1116 || son of Géza I. After multiple wars with Croatia crowned as King of [[Croatia]], [[Slavonia]] and [[Dalmatia]] in 1112. |- | [[Árpáds]] || [[Stephen II of Hungary|Stephen II]] || 1114–1131 || Son of Kálmán |- | [[Árpáds]] || [[Béla II of Hungary|Béla II the Blind]] ''(Vak Béla)''|| 1131–1141 || grandson of Géza I., son of Álmos, Kálmán's executed younger brother |- | [[Árpáds]] || [[Géza II of Hungary|Géza II]] || 1141–1161 || son of Béla II |- | [[Árpáds]] || [[Stephen III of Hungary|Stephen III]] || 1161–1162 || son of Géza II |- | [[Árpáds]] || [[Ladislaus II of Hungary|Ladislaus II]] || 1162–1163 || rebel anti-king, younger brother of Géza II. |- | [[Árpáds]] || [[Stephen IV of Hungary|Stephen IV]] || 1163 || rebel anti-king, younger brother of Géza II. |- | [[Árpáds]] || [[Stephen III of Hungary|Stephen III]] (restored) || 1163–1172 || &nbsp; |- | [[Árpáds]] || [[Béla III of Hungary|Béla III]] || 1172–1196 || younger brother of Stephen III. |- | [[Árpáds]] || [[Emeric of Hungary|Emeric]] ''(Imre)'' || 1196–1204 || son of Béla III. |- | [[Árpáds]] || [[Ladislaus III of Hungary|Ladislaus III]] || 1204–1205 || son of Imre, crowned and died as a child |- | [[Árpáds]] || [[Andrew II of Hungary|Andrew II]] || 1205–1235 || brother of Imre |- | [[Árpáds]] || [[Béla IV of Hungary|Béla IV]] || 1235–1270 || son of Andrew I., the "second founder" after the First Mongol invasion (1241-42) |- | [[Árpáds]] || [[Stephen V of Hungary|Stephen V]] || 1270–1272 || son of Béla IV. |- | [[Árpáds]] || [[Ladislaus IV of Hungary|Ladislaus IV the Cuman]] ''(Kun László)''|| 1272–1290 || son of Steven V.; unsuccessful mongol invasion; lived with the nomad [[cuman]] tribes |- | [[Árpáds]] || [[Andrew III of Hungary|Andrew III]] || 1290–1301 || grandosn of Andrew II., born in Venice last of the Árpád dynasty |- | [[Premyslid]] || [[Wenceslaus III of Bohemia|Wenceslas of Bohemia]] ''(Vencel)'' || 1301–1305 || King of Bohemia, elected as King of Hungary but not universally recognized |- | [[Wittelsbach]] || [[Otto III, Duke of Bavaria|Otto of Bavaria]]<br>''(Ottó)'' or Béla V|| 1305–1308 || [[Rulers of Bavaria|Duke of Lower Bavaria]], was not universally recognized |- | [[Angevin#Capet-Anjou|Angevin]] || [[Charles I of Hungary|Charles Robert I]]<br>''(Károly Róbert)'' || 1308–1342 || established the [[Anjou|Angevin dynasty]] in Hungary. |- | [[Angevin#Capet-Anjou|Angevin]] || [[Louis I of Hungary|Louis I the Great]]<br>''(Nagy Lajos)'' || 1342–1382 || also King of [[Poland]] |- | [[Angevin#Capet-Anjou|Angevin]] || [[Mary of Hungary|Mary]] ''(Mária)'' || 1382–1395 || married Sigismund of Luxemburg |- | [[Angevin#Capet-Anjou|Angevin]] || [[Charles II of Hungary|Charles II]] || 1385–1386 || also King of Naples, in opposition to Mary |- | [[House of Luxemburg|Luxemburg]] || [[Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor|Sigismund]] ''(Zsigmond)'' || 1387–1437 || later also Roman-German King (since 1410), King of [[Bohemia]] (since 1419), [[Holy Roman Emperor]] (since 1433) |- | [[Habsburg]] || [[Albert II, Holy Roman Emperor|Albert]] || 1437–1439 || son-in-law Sigismund, also Roman-German King, King of Bohemia, Duke of [[Austria]] |- |bgcolor=#DDEEFF colspan=4 |''Kingship disputed between Ulászló I and Ladislaus Posthumus'' |- | [[Jagiellonian|Jagiellon]] || [[Władysław III of Poland|Ulászló I]] || 1440–1444 || also King of Poland |- | [[Habsburg]] || [[Ladislaus Posthumus of Bohemia and Hungary|Ladislaus V Posthumus]] || 1440–1457 || born in 1440 after his father's death, spent most of his life in captivity. |- | [[Hunyadi]] || [[János Hunyadi]] || 1446–1453 || ruled as regent. Fought with great success against the Ottomans |- | [[Hunyadi]] || [[Matthias Corvinus of Hungary|Matthias Corvinus]] ''(Corvin Mátyás)'' || 1458-1490 || son of János Hunyadi, also King of Bohemia |- | [[Jagiellonian|Jagiellon]] || [[Ladislaus II of Bohemia and Hungary|Ulászló II]] || 1490–1516 || also King of Bohemia |- | [[Jagiellonian|Jagiellon]] || [[Louis II of Hungary|Louis II]] || 1516–1526 || also King of Bohemia; killed in the [[Battle of Mohács]] |- |bgcolor=#DDEEFF colspan=4 |''Kingship disputed between Ferdinand of Austria and John Zápolya during the [[Suleiman the Magnificent|Ottoman invasion]]'' |- | [[Habsburg]] || [[Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor|Ferdinand I]] ''(Ferdinánd)'' || 1526–1564 || also Roman-German King and later Holy Roman Emperor, claimed the throne as brother-in-law of Louis II. |- | [[John Zápolya|Szapolyai]] || [[John Zápolya|John I Zápolya]]<br>''(Szapolyai János)'' || 1526–1540 || claimed the throne with support of Hungarian nobles and later the [[Suleiman the Magnificent|Ottoman Sultan]]. |- | Szapolyai || [[John II Sigismund Zápolya]] ''(Szapolyai János Zsigmond)'' || 1540-1570 || son of John Zápolya, ''electus rex Hungariae'', first under the guardianship of his mother [[Isabella Jagiełło]] and [[George Martinuzzi|Frater György]], renounced his royal claim in 1570 in favour of [[Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor|Maximilian]], but remained ''[[Prince of Transylvania|Prince of Transylvania and parts of Hungary]]'' until his death in 1571. |- |bgcolor=#DDEEFF colspan=4 align=center|''Hungary was effectively split into three parts: the domain of the [[Habsburg|Habsburg Kings]] in the north and west ("[[Royal Hungary]]"), [[Ottoman Hungary]] in the south, and the [[Prince of Transylvania|Principality of Transylvania]] in the east. The following, until 1699, gives the rulers of "Royal Hungary".'' |- | [[Habsburg]] || [[Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor|Maximilian]] ''(I. Miksa)'' || 1563–1576 || &nbsp; |- | [[Habsburg]] || [[Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor|Rudolf I]] || 1572–1608 || &nbsp; |- | [[Habsburg]] || [[Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor|Matthias II]] ''(II. Mátyás)''|| 1608–1619 || &nbsp; |- | [[Habsburg]] || [[Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor|Ferdinand II]] || 1618–1637 || &nbsp; |- | [[Habsburg]] || [[Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor|Ferdinand III]] || 1625–1657 || &nbsp; |- | [[Habsburg]] || [[Ferdinand IV of Hungary|Ferdinand IV]] || 1647–1654 || &nbsp; |- | [[Habsburg]] || [[Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor|Leopold I]] ''(I. Lipót)'' || 1655–1705 || Habsburgs began colonization of [[Serbs]] (1690) and [[Germany|Germans]] (1682–1699) in Southern Hungary.''' |- |bgcolor=#DDEEFF colspan=4 |''Hungary reunited under Habsburg rule after the [[Great Turkish War]] in 1699.'' |- | [[Habsburg]] || [[Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor|Joseph I]] ''(I. József)'' || 1687–1711 || &nbsp; |- | [[Habsburg]] || [[Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles III]] ''(III. Károly)'' || 1711–1740 || Large scale German settlements in Hungary begin (1720–1800). |- | [[Habsburg]] || [[Maria Theresa of Austria|Maria Theresa]]<br>''(Mária Terézia)'' || 1740–1780 || Enjoyed broad support of Hungarian nobles; |- | [[Habsburg]] || [[Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor|Joseph II]] ''(II. József)''|| 1780–1790 || &nbsp; |- | [[Habsburg]] || [[Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor|Leopold II]] ''(II. Lipót)'' || 1790-1792 || &nbsp; |- | [[Habsburg]] || [[Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor|Francis I]] ''(I. Ferenc)'' || 1792–1835 || &nbsp; |- | [[Habsburg]] || [[Ferdinand I of Austria|Ferdinánd V]]<br>''(V. Ferdinánd)'' || 1835–1848 || &nbsp; |- | [[Habsburg]] || [[Franz Josef I of Austria|Francis Joseph]]<br>''(Ferenc József)'' ||1848–1916 || dethroned in 1848 but later regained the rule with [[Russia]]n help in 1849, crowned in 1867. |- | [[Habsburg]] || [[Karl I of Austria|Charles IV]] ''(IV. Károly)'' || 1916–1918 || Last King of Hungary, twice unsuccessfully tried to regain the throne in 1921. |} == External links == *[http://www.magyarorszag.hu/orszaginfo/adatok/tortenelem/magyartortenelem/uralkodok.html Rulers and Heads of State of Hungary] *[http://www.mimas.ac.uk/~zzalsaw2/genealogies/hungary.html Genealogy of Hungarian Kings] [[Category:Lists of monarchs|Hungary, Rulers]] [[Category:History of Hungary|Rulers]] [[Category:Heads of state of Hungary| List]] [[Category:Hungarian monarchs| ]] [[Category:Hungary-related lists|Rulers]] [[Category:Lists of rulers|Hungary]] [[bg:Крал на Унгария]] [[cs:Seznam uherských králů]] [[da:Ungarske konger]] [[de:Liste der ungarischen Herrscher]] [[es:Anexo:Reyes de Hungría]] [[eo:Listo de hungariaj ŝtatestroj]] [[fr:Liste des souverains de Hongrie]] [[ko:헝가리의 군주]] [[io:Regnanto di Hungaria]] [[it:Elenco di sovrani e capi di stato d'Ungheria]] [[hu:Magyarország uralkodóinak listája]] [[nl:Lijst van koningen van Hongarije]] [[ja:ハンガリー国王一覧]] [[no:Ungarns regenter]] [[pl:Władcy Węgier]] [[pt:Anexo:Lista de soberanos da Hungria]] [[ro:Lista regilor Ungariei]] [[ru:Короли Венгрии]] [[sk:Zoznam vládcov Uhorska]] [[sr:Списак мађарских владара]] [[fi:Luettelo Unkarin hallitsijoista]] [[sv:Lista över Ungerns statsöverhuvuden]] [[zh:匈牙利君主列表]]