Hungarian Monarchs

A history of Hungarian monarchs.


Kingdom of Hungary


Dynasties

Arpad

One of the founding Hungarian tribes, the Kingdom of Hungary was created around the Arpad Dynasty.

From 1091 until 1095, and again after 1102, the Kingdoms of Hungary and Croatia were held in union by consent of the nobility.

Monarch

Local Name

Reign

St Stephen I

Istvan

Peter Orsoleo

Andrew I

Andras

Bela I

Belo

Solomon

Salamon

Geza I

Ladislaus I

Laszlo

Coloman

Kalman

Stephen II

Istvan

Bela II

Belo

Geza II

Stephen III

Istvan

Bela III

Belo

Emeric

Imre

Ladislaus III

Laszlo

Andrew II

Andras

Bela IV

Belo

Stephen V

Istvan

Ladislaus IV

Laszlo

Andrew III

Andras

Premyslid

Monarch

Local Name

Reign

Wenceslaus

Vencel

Wittelsbach

Monarch

Local Name

Reign

Otto

Angevin

Monarch

Local Name

Reign

Charles I

Karoly Robert

Louis I

Lajos

Charles II

Dec. 31, 1385 - Feb. 24, 1386

Mary

Maria

Sept. 10 1382 - May 17 1395

Sigismund jure uxoris

Mar. 31 1387 - Dec. 9 1437

The crown was contested between Charles II, Mary, and Sigismund.

Habsburg

Mary left no heirs to the Hungarian line of the Angevin dynasty. Sigismund himself was the last male member of the Luxembourg dynasty. He left only one daughter with his second wife, who was married into the Habsburgs.

Monarch

Reign

Albert II

Elisabeth as regent for her son Ladislaus the Posthumous

Jagiellon

Władysław III

Hunyadi

Matthias I (Mátyás)