This is a list of Hungarian monarchs, that includes the

grand prince Grand prince or great prince (feminine: grand princess or great princess) ( la, magnus princeps; Greek: ''megas archon''; russian: великий князь, velikiy knyaz) is a title of nobility ranked in honour below emperor, equal of king or ...

s (895–1000) and the kings and ruling queens of Hungary (1000–1918). The

Principality of Hungary The (Grand) Principality of HungaryS. Wise BauerThe history of the medieval world: from the conversion of Constantine to the First Crusade W. W. Norton & Company, 2010, p. 586George H. HodosThe East-Central European region: an historical outline ...

established 895 or 896, following the 9th-century

Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin The Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin, also known as the Hungarian conquest or the Hungarian land-taking (), was a series of historical events ending with the settlement of the Hungarians in Central Europe in the late 9th and early 10t ...

. The

Kingdom of Hungary 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 ...

existed from 1000 (or arguably from 1001; the coronation of

Saint Stephen Stephen ( grc-gre, Στέφανος ''Stéphanos'', meaning "wreath, crown" and by extension "reward, honor, renown, fame", often given as a title rather than as a name; c. 5 – c. 34 AD) is traditionally venerated as the protomartyr or first ...

) until 1918 (when Charles IV "renounced participation" in state affairs, but did not abdicate). The

Árpád dynasty The Árpád dynasty, consisted of the members of the royal House of Árpád (), also known as Árpáds ( hu, Árpádok, hr, Arpadovići). They were the ruling dynasty of the Principality of Hungary in the 9th and 10th centuries and of the Kingd ...

, the male-line descendants of Grand Prince

Árpád Árpád (; 845 – 907) was the head of the confederation of the Magyar tribes at the turn of the 9th and 10th centuries. He might have been either the sacred ruler or ''kende'' of the Hungarians, or their military leader or '' gy ...

, ruled Hungary continuously from 895 to 1301.

Semi-legendary rulers before the Conquest

Grand Princes of Hungary

House of Árpád

''The king-list for the first half of the 10th century is often disputed, as the Hungarian nation consisted of several tribes led by various leaders. The most frequently proposed list is:''

Kings of Hungary

House of Árpád (1000–1301)

House of Přemyslid (1301–1305)

House of Wittelsbach (1305–1307)

House of Anjou (1308–1395)

House of Luxembourg (1387–1437)

House of Habsburg (1437–1457)

* 27 October 1439 – 19 December 1442: Queen Regent

Elizabeth of Luxembourg Elizabeth of Luxembourg ( hu, Luxemburgi Erzsébet; 7 October 1409 – 19 December 1442) was queen consort of Hungary, queen consort of Germany and Bohemia. The only child of Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund, King of Hungary and Bohemia, Eliza ...

* 7 May 1445 – 6 June 1446: Seven Captains of the Realm * 6 June 1446 – January 1453: Regent

John Hunyadi John Hunyadi (, , , ; 1406 – 11 August 1456) was a leading Hungarian military and political figure in Central and Southeastern Europe during the 15th century. According to most contemporary sources, he was the member of a noble family of ...

House of Jagiellon (1440–1444)

House of Hunyadi (1458–1490)

House of Jagiellon (1490–1526)

House of Zápolya (1526–1570)

House of Habsburg (1526–1780)

House of Habsburg-Lorraine (1780–1918)

Timeline

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Anjou Anjou may refer to: Geography and titles France * County of Anjou, a historical county in France and predecessor of the Duchy of Anjou **Count of Anjou, title of nobility *Duchy of Anjou, a historical duchy and later a province of France **Duk ...

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Habsburg-Lorraine The House of Habsburg-Lorraine (german: Haus Habsburg-Lothringen) originated from the marriage in 1736 of Francis III, Duke of Lorraine and Bar, and Maria Theresa of Austria, later successively Queen of Bohemia, Queen of Hungary, Queen of Cr ...

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Habsburg The House of Habsburg (), alternatively spelled Hapsburg in Englishgerman: Haus Habsburg, ; es, Casa de Habsburgo; hu, Habsburg család, it, Casa di Asburgo, nl, Huis van Habsburg, pl, dom Habsburgów, pt, Casa de Habsburgo, la, Domus Hab ...

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Ottoman sultans The sultans of the Ottoman Empire ( tr, Osmanlı padişahları), who were all members of the Ottoman dynasty (House of Osman), ruled over the transcontinental empire from its perceived inception in 1299 to its dissolution in 1922. At its hei ...

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References

Allan Ellenius, Wim Blockmans, European Science Foundation; ''The Origins of the Modern State in Europe: 13th to 18th Centuries'', Oxford University Press, 1998
Bálint Hóman, Gyula Szekfű, Gyula Szekfu; ''Magyar történet''; Királyi Magyar Egyetemi Nyomda, 1938Štefan Holčík; ''Korunovačné slávnosti, Bratislava 1563–1830'', Tatran, 1986Jenő Vértesy; ''Kölcsey Ferencz'', Nyomatott a Magyar királyi Egyetemi könyvnyomdában, 1885Slovenská akadémia vied; ''Historický časopis'', Vydatelʹstvo Slovenskej akadémie vied, 1985

External links

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