The following table enlists all rulers of Hungary since Arpad.
| Affiliation |
Ruler |
Reigns of rulers |
Remarks |
| rpd |
rpd |
896-907 |
founder, led Magyars into Eastern Europe |
| rpd |
Zoltan |
907-946 |
|
| non-dynastic |
Val |
946-952 |
|
| rpd |
Taksony |
952-972 |
|
| rpd |
Geza |
972-997 |
|
| rpd |
St. Stephen (Istvn) |
997-1038 |
first king of Hungary |
| dynastic struggle 1038-1046 |
| non dynastic |
Peter Urseolo |
1038-1041, 1044-1046 |
(Gza's grandson) |
| non dynastic |
Smuel Aba |
1041-1044 |
(Husband of Gza's daughter) |
| Vatha pagan rising 1046-1047 ? |
|
| rpd |
Andrew I |
1047-1061 |
Arpad dynasty restored |
| rpd |
Bela I |
1061-1063 |
|
| rpd |
Solomon (Salamon) |
1063-1074 |
|
| rpd |
Gza I |
1074-1077 |
|
| rpd |
St. Ladislaus (Lszl) |
1077-1095 |
All Ladislaus' are spelled with "laus" as in 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica, see talk page |
| rpd |
Coloman or Klmn |
1095-1114 |
King of Hungary, & Croatia, Slavonia and Dalmatia |
| rpd |
Stephen II |
1114-1131 |
|
| rpd |
Bla II |
1131-1141 |
|
| rpd |
Gza II |
1141-1161 |
|
| rpd |
Stephen III |
1161-1162 |
|
| rpd |
Ladislaus II |
1162-1163 |
|
| rpd |
Stephen IV |
1163 |
|
| rpd |
Stephen III, restored |
1163-1172 |
|
| rpd |
Bla III |
1172-1196 |
|
| rpd |
Emeric (Imre) |
1196-1204 |
|
| rpd |
Ladislaus III |
1204-1205 |
|
| rpd |
Andrew (Andrs) II |
1205-1235 |
|
| rpd |
Bla IV the Great |
1235-1270 |
Mongol invasion |
| rpd |
Stephen V |
1270-1272 |
|
| rpd |
Ladislaus IV |
1272-1290 |
|
| rpd |
Andrew III |
1290-1301 |
last of Arpad dynasty |
| Premyslid |
Wenceslas (Vencel) III of Bohemia |
1301-1305 |
Bohemian king, elected as King of Hungary |
| Wittelsbach |
Otto III of Bavaria |
1305-1308 |
|
| Angevin |
Charles (Kroly) I |
1308-1342 |
founded the Anjou line and established the Angevin dynasty in
Hungary. |
| Angevin |
Louis I the Great (Nagy Lajos) |
1342-1382 |
|
| Angevin |
Mary |
1382-1395 |
|
| Angevin |
Charles II |
1385-1386 |
also King of Naples as Charles III, in opposition to Mary |
| Luxembourg |
Sigismund (Zsigmond) |
1387-1437 |
also Holy Roman Emperor and King of Bohemia |
| Habsburg |
Albert |
1437-1439 |
son-in-law of the precedent, also German King and Albert V of Austria |
| Interregnum |
title dispute between Ulszl I and Ladislaus Posthumus
|
| Jagiellon |
Ulszl I |
1440-1444 |
|
| Habsburg |
Ladislaus Posthumus |
1444-1457 |
also King of Bohemia |
| non dynastic |
Matthias Corvinus the Just (Igazsgos Mtys) |
1458-1490 |
|
| Jagiellon |
Ulszl II |
1490-1516 |
|
| Jagiellon |
Louis II |
1516-1526 |
killed in the Battle of Mohacs |
| Rival kings of Emperor Ferdinand and John Zpolya both claimed themselves as ruler of Hungary. |
| Habsburg |
Ferdinand (Ferdinnd) I |
1526-1564 |
brother in law of Louis II, also Holy Roman Emperor. Ottoman invasion |
| Zpolya |
John Zpolya (Zpolya Jnos) |
1526-1540 |
Leader of groups of Hungarian nobles claiming no foreign ruler should be chosen King of Hungary. Claimed the throne with support of Hungarian nobles, and later the Ottoman Sultan. Ottoman invasion. (Zpolya is alternatively spelled as Szapolyai.) |
| Zpolya |
Isabel (Izabella) |
1556-1559 |
After the death of his husband Zpolya Jnos the areas was mainly controlled by nobles (with the lead of Frter Gyrgy), until the nobles recalled her with her child (II Zpolya Zsigmond) as Queen. |
| Zpolya |
John II Sigismund (Zsigmond) Zpolya |
1540-1571 |
Son of precedents. King of Hungary and Prince of Transylvania (Erdly). |
| Hungary was effectively split into 3 parts: a Habsburg domain in the north and west, Ottoman domain in the center, and the Ottoman satellite Transylvania in the east after 1562. |
| Habsburg |
Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor |
1563-1576 |
|
| Habsburg |
Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor |
1572-1608 |
|
| Bthory |
Stephen Bathory |
1571-1575 |
Prince of Transylvania |
| Bthory |
Christopher (Kristf) Bathory |
1575-1581 |
Prince of Transylvania and brother of precedent |
| Bthory |
Sigismund Bathory |
1581-1597, August 1598- March 1599, 1599-1602 |
Prince of Transylvania and son of precedent. Abdicated three times, twice (1597, 1602), in favor of Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II and once (1599) of his cousin Andrew Cardinal Bathory. |
| Bthory |
Andrew Cardinal Bathory |
1599 |
Prince of Transylvania |
| non dynastic |
Stephen Bocskay |
1604-1606 |
Governor(1604) and Prince (1605) of Transylvania |
| Rkczy |
Sigismund Rkczy |
1607-1608 |
elected Prince of Transylvania |
| Habsburg |
Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor |
1608-1619 |
|
| Bthory |
Gabriel (Gbor) Bathory |
1608-1613 |
Prince of Transylvania |
| non dynastic |
Gbor Bethlen |
1613-1629 |
Prince of Transylvania |
| Habsburg |
Ferdinand II |
1618-1637 |
|
| Rkczy |
George (Gyrgy) I Rkczy |
1630-1648 |
elected Prince of Transylvania |
| Habsburg |
Ferdinand III |
1625-1657 |
|
| Habsburg |
Ferdinand IV |
1647-1654 |
|
| Rkczy |
George II Rkczy |
1648-1657 |
Prince of Transylvania |
| Habsburg |
Leopold I |
1655-1705 |
|
| non dynastic |
Emeric Thkly (or Tklli) |
1660-1682 |
against Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I |
| Movements of Hungarian liberation as a result of a prolonged war against Turks. Habsburgs began colonization of Serbs (1690) and Germans (1682-1699) in Southern Hungary. |
| Habsburg |
Joseph I |
1687-1711 |
|
| Rkczy |
Francis II Rkczy |
|
head of liberation movement (1703-1711) and elected Ruling Prince of Transylvania |
| Habsburg |
Charles III |
1711-1740 |
|
| Large scale German settlements in Hungary (1720-1800) |
| Habsburg |
Maria Theresa (Mria Terzia) |
1740-1780 |
|
| Habsburg |
Joseph II |
1780-1790 |
|
| Habsburg |
Leopold II |
1790-1792 |
|
| Habsburg |
Francis |
1792-1835 |
|
| Habsburg |
Ferdinand V |
1835-1848 |
|
| The Hungarian Republic (14 April - 13 August 1849) was proclaimed, with Louis Kossuth as Governor-President. Croats sought autonomous government and separation from Hungary. In 1849, the Habsburgs reasserted their authority with the help of Russian troops |
| Habsburg |
Francis Joseph I (Ferenc Jzsef) |
2 December 1848- 21 November 1916 |
|
| Habsburg |
Charles IV |
21 November 1916 - 13 November 1918 |
|
| Hungary declared complete independence from Austria on October 17 1918 and forms the Second Republic. |
|
Krolyi Mihly |
16 November 1918- 21 March 1919 |
| Communist |
Sandor Garbai |
21 March - 1 August 1919 |
Romania invades Hungary. |
| Acting Head of State |
Gyula Peidl |
1 August - 6 August 1919
|
| Second Republic abolished. |
|
Archduke Joseph |
6 August - 23 October 1919
| Regent |
|
Istvan Friedrich |
23 October - 24 November 1919 |
|
Karoly Huszar |
24 November 1919 - 1 March 1920
|
| Monarchy Restored |
|
| "Monarchy" |
Miklos Horthy |
1 March 1920 - 3 November 1944 |
Acting as regent. |
| pro-Nazi |
Ferenc Szalasi |
4 November 1944 - 28 March 1945
| Hungary is occupied by Nazi Germany. |
| anti-Nazi government in opposition to March 1945 |
Bla Zsednyi |
21 December 1944 - 2 February 1946 |
Hungary is occupied by the Red Army. |
| Third Hungarian Republic |
| Communist |
Zoltan Tildy |
2 February 1946 - 2 August 1948
|
|
rpd Szakasits |
2 August 1948- 26 April 1950
|
| Renamed the "Hungarian Peoples Republic" |
| Communist |
Sndor Rnai |
26 April 1950 - 14 August 1952 |
| Socialist |
Istvn Dobi |
14 August 1952- 13 April 1967 |
| Hungarian Revolt of 1956 |
| Socialist |
Pl Losonczi |
13 April 1967 - 25 June 1987
|
| Socialist |
Kroly Nmeth |
25 June 1987 - 29 June 1988
|
| Socialist |
Brun Ferenc Straub |
29 June 1988 - 18 October 1989 |
| Fourth Hungarian Republic |
| Socialist |
Mtys Szrs |
18 October 1989 - 2 May 1990 |
Interim President |
| Democrat |
rpd Gncz |
2 May 1990 - 4 August 2000 |
| Non-party |
Ferenc Mdl |
4 August 2000-Present |
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