List of Hungarian monarchs

For a list of presidents until present day, see List of heads of state of Hungary. For the semi-independent monarchs of Transylvania in the 16th and 17th centuries, see List of Princes of Transylvania.

This is a List of Hungarian monarchs, which includes the grand princes (895–1000) and the kings and ruling queens of Hungary (1000–1918).

The Principality of Hungary established 895 or 896, following the 9th century Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin. The Kingdom of Hungary existed from 1000 (or arguably from 1001; the coronation of Saint Stephen) until 1918 (when Charles IV "renounced participation" in state affairs, but did not abdicate). The Árpád dynasty, the male-line descendants of Grand Prince Árpád, ruled Hungary continuously from 895 to 1301.

Semi-legendary rulers before the Conquest

Portrait	Name	Monarch From	Monarch Until	Marriage(s)	Title
	Levedi	?	c. 850 (?)	A Khazar princess	voivode
	Álmos	c. 850	c. 895	Unknown	kende or gyula

Grand Princes of Hungary

House of Árpád

The rulers of the first half of the 10th century are often disputed, as the Hungarian nation consisted of several tribes led by various leaders. The most frequently proposed are:

Portrait	Name	Monarch From	Monarch Until	Marriage(s)	Relationship with Predecessor(s)
	Árpád	c. 895	c. 907	Unknown	• Son of Álmos
	Zoltán	c. 907	c. 950	Menumorut's daughter (?)	• Son of Árpád
	Fajsz	c. 950	c. 955	Unknown	• Grandson of Árpád
	Taksony	c. 955	c. 972	a "Cuman" woman	• Son of Zoltán
	Géza	c. 972	997	Sarolt	• Son of Taksony
	Stephen	997	25 December 1000	Blessed Gisela of Bavaria	• Son of Géza

Kings of Hungary

House of Árpád

Portrait	Name	Start of reign	End of reign	Marriage(s)	Relationship with predecessor(s)
	Saint Stephen I	25 December 1000	15 August 1038	Blessed Gisela of Bavaria	• Son of Géza
	Peter the Venetian (1st rule)	15 August 1038	September 1041	(1) Unknown (2) Judith of Schweinfurt (?)	• Nephew of Stephen I
	Samuel	September 1041	5 July 1044 Battle of Ménfő	Géza's daughter	• Brother-in-law of Stephen I
	Peter the Venetian (2nd rule)	5 July 1044	September 1046	(1) Unknown (2) Judith of Schweinfurt (?)	• Nephew of Stephen I
	Andrew I the White	September 1046	December 1060	Anastasia of Kiev	• Great-grandson of Taksony
	Béla I the Champion	6 December 1060	11 September 1063	Richeza of Poland	• Great-grandson of Taksony  • Younger brother of Andrew I
	Solomon	September 1063	14 March 1074	Judith of Swabia	• Son of Andrew I
	Géza I Magnus	14 March 1074	25 April 1077	(1) Sophia (2) Synadene	• Son of Béla I
	Saint Ladislaus I	25 April 1077	29 July 1095	(1) Unknown (?) (2) Adelaide of Rheinfelden	• Son of Béla I  • Younger brother of Géza I
	Coloman the Learned	1095	3 February 1116	(1) Felicia of Sicily (2) Eufemia of Kiev	• Son of Géza I
	Stephen II	3 February 1116	1 March 1131	Unnamed daughter of Robert I of Capua	• Son of Coloman
	Béla II the Blind	28 April 1131	13 February 1141	Helena of Rascia	• Grandson of Géza I  • Cousin of Stephen II
	Géza II	16 February 1141	31 May 1162	Euphrosyne of Kiev	• Son of Béla II
	Stephen III	June 1162	4 March 1172	Agnes of Austria	• Son of Géza II
	Ladislaus II (Antiking)	June 1162	14 January 1163	Unknown	• Son of Béla II  • Younger brother of Géza II
	Stephen IV (Antiking)	27 January 1163	11 April 1165	Maria Komnene	• Son of Béla II  • Younger brother of Géza II
	Béla III	March 1172	23 April 1196	(1) Agnes of Antioch (2) Margaret of France	• Son of Géza II  • Younger brother of Stephen III
	Emeric	April 1196	30 November 1204	Constance of Aragon	• Son of Béla III
	Ladislaus III	30 November 1204	7 May 1205	Unmarried	• Son of Emeric
	Andrew II the Jerosolimitan	29 May 1205	21 September 1235	(1) Gertrude of Merania (2) Yolanda de Courtenay (3) Beatrice d'Este	• Son of Béla III  • Younger brother of Emeric
	Béla IV the Second Founder	14 October 1235	3 May 1270	Maria Laskarina	• Son of Andrew II
	Stephen V	May 1270	6 August 1272	Elizabeth the Cuman	• Son of Béla IV
	Ladislaus IV the Cuman	3 September 1272	10 July 1290	Elizabeth of Sicily	• Son of Stephen V
	Andrew III the Venetian	23 July 1290	14 January 1301	(1) Fenenna of Kuyavia (2) Agnes of Austria	• Grandson of Andrew II

Přemyslid dynasty

Portrait	Name	Start of reign	End of reign	Marriage(s)	Relationship with predecessor(s)
	Wenceslaus Ladislaus V	27 August 1301	9 October 1305	Viola of Teschen	• Great-great grandson of Béla IV

House of Wittelsbach

Portrait	Name	Start of reign	End of reign	Marriage(s)	Relationship with predecessor(s)
	Otto Béla V	9 October 1305	May 1307	(1) Catherine of Habsburg (2) Agnes of Glogau	• Grandson of Béla IV

Capetian House of Anjou

Portrait	Name	Start of reign	End of reign	Marriage(s)	Relationship with predecessor(s)
	Charles I	17 November 1308	16 July 1342	(1) Maria of Halych (2) Maria of Bytom (3) Beatrice of Luxembourg (4) Elizabeth of Poland	• Great-grandson of Stephen V
	Louis I the Great	21 July 1342	10 September 1382	(1) Margaret of Bohemia (2) Elizabeth of Bosnia	• Son of Charles I
	Mary (1st rule)	17 September 1382	31 December 1385	Sigismund of Luxembourg	• Daughter of Louis I
	Charles II the Short	31 December 1385	24 February 1386	Margaret of Durazzo	• Great-great grandson of Stephen V
	Mary (2nd rule) (Co-ruler with Sigismund)	24 February 1386	17 May 1395	Sigismund of Luxembourg	• Daughter of Louis I

House of Luxembourg

Portrait	Name	Start of reign	End of reign	Marriage(s)	Relationship with predecessor(s)
	Sigismund (Co-ruler with Mary until 1395)	31 March 1387	9 December 1437	(1) Mary of Hungary (2) Barbara of Cilli	• Fourth great-grandson of Béla IV  • Husband of Mary

House of Habsburg

Portrait	Name	Start of reign	End of reign	Marriage(s)	Relationship with predecessor(s)
	Albert the Magnanimous	18 December 1437	27 October 1439	Elizabeth of Luxembourg	• Seventh great-grandson of Géza II  • Son-in-law of Sigismund
	Ladislaus V the Posthumous (Contested by Vladislaus I)	15 May 1440	23 November 1457	Unmarried	• Son of Albert
7 May 1445 – 6 June 1446: Seven Captains of the Realm 6 June 1446 – January 1453: Regent John Hunyadi

House of Jagiellon

Portrait	Name	Start of reign	End of reign	Marriage(s)	Relationship with predecessor(s)
	Vladislaus I (Contested by Ladislaus V)	17 July 1440	10 November 1444 Battle of Varna	Unmarried	• Fourth great-grandson of Béla IV

House of Hunyadi

Portrait	Name	Start of reign	End of reign	Marriage(s)	Relationship with predecessor(s)
	Matthias I the Just	24 January 1458	6 April 1490	(1) Catherine of Poděbrady (2) Beatrice of Naples	• No relationship

House of Jagiellon

Portrait	Name	Start of reign	End of reign	Marriage(s)	Relationship with predecessor(s)
	Vladislaus II	15 July 1490	13 March 1516	(1) Barbara of Brandenburg (2) Beatrice of Naples (3) Anne of Foix-Candale	• Grandson of Albert
	Louis II	13 March 1516	29 August 1526 Battle of Mohács	Mary of Austria	• Son of Vladislaus II

House of Zápolya

Portrait	Name	Start of reign	End of reign	Marriage(s)	Relationship with predecessor(s)
	John I (Contested by Ferdinand I)	11 November 1526	July 1540	Isabella Jagiellon	• Sixth great-grandson of Béla IV
	John II (Elected king) (Contested by Ferdinand I and Maximilian)	13 September 1540	16 August 1570	Unmarried	• Son of John I

House of Habsburg

Portrait	Name	Start of reign	End of reign	Marriage(s)	Relationship with predecessor(s)
	Ferdinand I (Contested by John I and John II)	17 December 1526	25 July 1564	Anne of Bohemia	• Tenth great-grandson of Géza II  • Brother-in-law of Louis II
	Maximilian (Contested by John II until 1570)	26 July 1564	12 October 1576	Maria of Austria	• Son of Ferdinand I
	Rudolph	12 October 1576	26 June 1608	Unmarried	• Son of Maximilian
	Matthias II	26 June 1608	20 March 1619	Anna of Tyrol	• Son of Maximilian  • Younger brother of Rudolph
	Ferdinand II (Contested by Gabriel I between 1620 and 1621)	20 March 1619	15 February 1637	(1) Maria Anna of Bavaria (2) Eleonora Gonzaga	• Grandson of Ferdinand I  • Cousin of Rudolph and Matthias II
	Ferdinand III	15 February 1637	2 April 1657	(1) Maria Anna of Spain (2) Maria Leopoldine of Austria (3) Eleonora Gonzaga	• Son of Ferdinand II
	Leopold I	2 April 1657	5 May 1705	(1) Margaret Theresa of Spain (2) Claudia Felicitas of Austria (3) Eleonor Magdalene of Neuburg	• Son of Ferdinand III
	Joseph I	5 May 1705	17 April 1711	Wilhelmine Amalia of Brunswick-Lüneburg	• Son of Leopold I
	Charles III	17 April 1711	20 October 1740	Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel	• Son of Leopold I  • Younger brother of Joseph I
	Maria Theresa	20 October 1740	29 November 1780	Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor	• Daughter of Charles III  • Pragmatic Sanction of 1723

House of Habsburg-Lorraine

Portrait	Name	Start of reign	End of reign	Marriage(s)	Relationship with predecessor(s)
	Joseph II	29 November 1780	20 February 1790	(1) Isabella of Parma (2) Maria Josepha of Bavaria	• Son of Maria Theresa
	Leopold II	20 February 1790	1 March 1792	Maria Luisa of Spain	• Son of Maria Theresa  • Younger brother of Joseph II
	Francis	1 March 1792	2 March 1835	(1) Elisabeth of Württemberg (2) Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily (3) Maria Ludovika of Austria-Este (4) Caroline Augusta of Bavaria	• Son of Leopold II
	Ferdinand V the Benign	2 March 1835	2 December 1848	Maria Anna of Savoy	• Son of Francis
	Francis Joseph I	2 December 1848	21 November 1916	Elisabeth of Austria	• Nephew of Ferdinand V
	Blessed Charles IV	21 November 1916	16 November 1918	Zita of Bourbon-Parma	• Great-nephew of Francis Joseph I

Heads of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine since 1918

Portrait	Name	Claimant from	Claimant until	Marriage(s)	Relationship with predecessor(s)
	Blessed Charles IV	16 November 1918	1 April 1922	Zita of Bourbon-Parma	• Great-nephew of Francis Joseph I
	Otto (II)	1 April 1922	4 July 2011	Regina of Saxe-Meiningen	• Son of Charles IV
	Charles (V)	4 July 2011	Incumbent	Francesca Thyssen-Bornemisza	• Son of Otto

Timeline

References

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

External links

• Rulers and Heads of State of Hungary
• Hungarian Dynasties

See also

• List of heads of state of Hungary
• List of Prime Ministers of Hungary
• List of palatines of Hungary

Monarchs of Hungary Family tree House of Árpád Grand Princes Álmos (c. 850–c. 895) Árpád (c. 895–c. 907) Zoltán (c. 907–c. 947) Fajsz (c. 950) Taksony (c. 955–c. 972) Géza (c. 972–997) Stephen (997–1000) Kings Stephen I (1000–1038) Peter (1038–1041) Samuel (1041–1044) Peter (1044–1046) Andrew I (1046–1060) Béla I (1060–1063) Solomon (1063–1074) Géza I (1074–1077) Ladislaus I (1077–1095) Coloman (1095–1116) Stephen II (1116–1131) Béla II (1131–1141) Géza II (1141–1162) Stephen III (1162–1172) Ladislaus II (1162–1163) Stephen IV (1163–1165) Béla III (1172–1196) Emeric (1196–1204) Ladislaus III (1204–1205) Andrew II (1205–1235) Béla IV (1235–1270) Stephen V (1270–1272) Ladislaus IV (1272–1290) Andrew III (1290–1301) House of Přemysl Wenceslaus (1301–1305) House of Wittelsbach Otto (1305–1307) Capetian House of Anjou Charles I (1308–1342) Louis I (1342–1382) Mary (1382–1385) Charles II (1385–1386) Mary (1386–1395) House of Luxembourg Sigismund (1387–1437) House of Habsburg Albert (1437–1439) Ladislaus V (1440–1457) House of Jagiellon Vladislaus I (1440–1444) House of Hunyadi Matthias I (1458–1490) House of Jagiellon Vladislaus II (1490–1516) Louis II (1516–1526) House of Zápolya John (1526–1540) John Sigismund (1540–1570) House of Habsburg Ferdinand I (1526–1564) Maximilian (1564–1576) Rudolph (1576–1608) Matthias II (1608–1619) Ferdinand II (1619–1637) Ferdinand III (1637–1657) Ferdinand IV (1647–1654) Leopold I (1657–1705) Joseph I (1705–1711) Charles III (1711–1740) Maria Theresa (1740–1780) House of Habsburg-Lorraine Joseph II (1780–1790) Leopold II (1790–1792) Francis (1792–1835) Ferdinand V (1835–1848) Francis Joseph (1848–1916) Charles IV (1916–1918) Debatable or disputed rulers are in italics.