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Međimurje Under Hungarian Rule
Međimurje under Hungarian rule is the historical period of Međimurje (region), Međimurje (), the northernmost part of Croatia, from the Early modern period to Late modern period, during which it was an integral part of Zala County (former), Zala County in Kingdom of Hungary (1526–1867), Hungary. It was a centuries-old aspiration of the Hungarian rulers that came true in 1720, as Međimurje was acquired by Michael Johann III. Althann (1679–1727), a Habsburg Monarchy, Habsburg Count and member of the Althann, House of Althann, an ancient German nobility, German noble family. Until then, although in the possession of Croatian, Hungarian and Austrian noblemen (Demetrius Csák (genus), Csák, Kőszegi family, Güssinger family, House of Lacković, Lacković family, Ernuszt family, Ernušt family, Zrinski family, Zrinskis and others), Međimurje was mostly part of the Varaždin County (former), Varaždin County, which formally belonged to the medieval Kingdom of Slavonia (medieval) ...
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Kingdom Of Hungary
The Kingdom of Hungary was a monarchy in Central Europe that existed for nearly a millennium, from 1000 to 1946 and was a key part of the Habsburg monarchy from 1526-1918. The Principality of Hungary emerged as a Christian kingdom upon the Coronation of the Hungarian monarch, coronation of the first king Stephen I of Hungary, Stephen I at Esztergom around the year 1000;Kristó Gyula – Barta János – Gergely Jenő: Magyarország története előidőktől 2000-ig (History of Hungary from the prehistory to 2000), Pannonica Kiadó, Budapest, 2002, , pp. 37, 113, 678 ("Magyarország a 12. század második felére jelentős európai tényezővé, középhatalommá vált."/"By the 12th century Hungary became an important European factor, became a middle power.", "A Nyugat részévé vált Magyarország.../Hungary became part of the West"), pp. 616–644 his family (the Árpád dynasty) led the monarchy for 300 years. By the 12th century, the kingdom became a European power. Du ...
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