List of Hungarian rulers

Template:Politics of Hungary This is a list of all rulers of Hungary since Árpád.

Contents

1 Rise of a Hungarian state (896 - 1000) and the Kingdom of Hungary (1001-1918)

3 General Secretaries of the Hungarian Communist/Socialist Workers' Party (1945-1989)

Rise of a Hungarian state (896 - 1000) and the Kingdom of Hungary (1001-1918)

Affiliation	Ruler	Reigns of rulers	Remarks
Arpads	Árpád	c. 895 -c. 907	is said to have led the proto-Magyars into Central Europe; he probably ruled together with Kursan
	see remarks	c.907- c. 955	The rulers during this time period are strongly disputed, mainly because Hungary consisted of several tribes led by various leaders. The only more or less sure fact is that Fajsz was the main leader around 948. The most frequent propositions of scholars are: Szabolcs (c. 907 -?, non-dynastic), Fajsz/Fali (c. ? - 955, Arpads) Tarhos (c. 907 - after 922, Arpads), Zoltán (after 922 - c. 947, Arpads), Fajsz/Fali (c. 947 - c. 955, Arpads) Zoltán (c. 907 - c. 947, Arpads), Fajsz/Fali (c. 947 - c. 955, Arpads)
Arpads	Taksony	c.955-c.971
Arpads	Geza	c.971-997
Arpads	St. Stephen (István)	997-1038	first king of Hungary (1001)
dynastic struggle 1038-1046
non dynastic	Peter Urseolo	1038-1041, 1044-1046	(Géza's grandson)
non dynastic	Sámuel Aba	1041-1044	(Husband of Géza's daughter)
Vatha pagan rising 1046-1047 ?
Arpads	Andrew I	1047-1061	Árpád dynasty restored
Arpads	Bela I	1061-1063
Arpads	Solomon (Salamon)	1063-1074
Arpads	Géza I	1074-1077
Arpads	St. Ladislaus (László)	1077-1095	All Ladislaus' are spelled with "laus" as in 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica, see talk page
Arpads	Coloman or Kálmán	1095-1116	King of Hungary, & Croatia, Slavonia and Dalmatia
Arpads	Stephen II	1114-1131
Arpads	Béla II	1131-1141
Arpads	Géza II	1141-1161
Arpads	Stephen III	1161-1162
Arpads	Ladislaus II	1162-1163
Arpads	Stephen IV	1163
Arpads	Stephen III, restored	1163-1172
Arpads	Béla III	1172-1196
Arpads	Emeric (Imre)	1196-1204
Arpads	Ladislaus III	1204-1205
Arpads	Andrew (András) II	1205-1235
Arpads	Béla IV the Great	1235-1270	Mongol invasion
Arpads	Stephen V	1270-1272
Arpads	Ladislaus IV	1272-1290
Arpads	Andrew III	1290-1301	last of Árpád 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 (Károly) I	1308-1342	founded the Anjou line and established the Angevin dynasty in Hungary.
Angevin	Louis I the Great (Nagy Lajos)	1342-1382	also king of Poland
Angevin	Mary	1382-1395
Angevin	Charles II	1385-1386	also King of Naples as Charles III, in opposition to Mary
House of Luxemburg	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 Ulászló I and Ladislaus Posthumus
Jagiellon	Ulászló I	1440-1444
Habsburg	Ladislaus V Posthumus	1444-1457	also King of Bohemia
non dynastic	Matthias Corvinus the Just (Igazságos Mátyás)	1458-1490
Jagiellon	Ulászló II	1490-1516	also King of Bohemia
Jagiellon	Louis II	1516-1526	also King of Bohemia; killed in the Battle of Mohács
Rival kings of Emperor Ferdinand and John Zápolya both claimed themselves as ruler of Hungary.
Habsburg	Ferdinand (Ferdinánd) I	1526-1564	brother in law of Louis II, also Holy Roman Emperor. Ottoman invasion
Zápolya	John Zápolya (Zápolya János)	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. (Zápolya is alternatively spelled as Szapolyai.)
Zápolya	Isabel (Izabella)	1556-1559	After the death of his husband Zápolya János the areas was mainly controlled by nobles (with the lead of Fráter György), until the nobles recalled her with her child (II Zápolya Zsigmond) as Queen.
Zápolya	John II Sigismund (Zsigmond) Zápolya	1540-1571	Son of precedents. King of Hungary and Prince of Transylvania (Erdély).
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
Báthory	Stephen Báthory	1571-1575	Prince of Transylvania
Báthory	Christopher (Kristóf) Báthory	1575-1581	Prince of Transylvania and brother of precedent
Báthory	Sigismund Báthory	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 Báthory.
Báthory	Andrew Cardinal Báthory	1599	Prince of Transylvania
non dynastic	Stephen (István) Bocskai	1604-1606	Governor(1604) and Prince (1605) of Transylvania
Rákóczi	Sigismund Rákóczi	1607-1608	elected Prince of Transylvania
Habsburg	Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor	1608-1619
Báthory	Gabriel (Gábor) Báthory	1608-1613	Prince of Transylvania
non dynastic	Gábor Bethlen	1613-1629	Prince of Transylvania
Habsburg	Ferdinand II	1618-1637
Rákóczi	George (György) I Rákóczi	1630-1648	elected Prince of Transylvania
Habsburg	Ferdinand III	1625-1657
Habsburg	Ferdinand IV	1647-1654
Rákóczi	George II Rákóczi	1648-1657	Prince of Transylvania
Habsburg	Leopold I	1655-1705
non dynastic	Emeric Thököly (or Tökölli)	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
Rákóczi	Francis II Rákóczi		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 (Mária Terézia)	1740-1780
Habsburg	Joseph II	1780-1790
Habsburg	Leopold II	1790-1792
Habsburg	Francis	1792-1835
Habsburg	Ferdinand V	1835-1848

Since the first republic

The Revolutions of 1848 in Habsburg areas had particular impact on the Kingdom of Hungary. The Magyars wanted to establish a Hungarian state, while the Croats sought autonomous government and separation from Hungary.

The Hungarian Republic was proclaimed on 14 April 1849, with Louis Kossuth as Governor-President. On 13 August 1849, the Habsburgs reasserted their authority with the help of Russian troops.

Affiliation	Ruler	Reigns of rulers	Remarks
Habsburg	Francis Joseph I (Ferenc József)	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 formed the First Republic (as the 1849 state is not counted)
	Mihály Károlyi	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
First Republic abolished.
	Joseph August, Archduke of Austria	6 August - 23 October 1919	Regent
	Istvan Friedrich	23 October - 24 November 1919
	Karoly Huszar	24 November 1919 - 1 March 1920
Monarchy Restored
Regent	Miklós Horthy	1 March 1920 - 15 October 1944	Acting as regent.
Arrow Cross	Ferenc Szálasi	16 October 1944 - 28 March 1945	Hungary is occupied by Nazi Germany.
anti-Nazi government in opposition to March 1945	Béla Miklós	21 December 1944 - 2 February 1946	Hungary is occupied by the Red Army.
Second Hungarian Republic
Democrat	Zoltán Tildy	2 February 1946 - 2 August 1948
	Árpád Szakasits	2 August 1948- 26 April 1950
Renamed the "Hungarian Peoples Republic"
Communist	Sándor Rónai	26 April 1950 - 14 August 1952
Socialist	István Dobi	14 August 1952- 13 April 1967
Hungarian Revolt of 1956
Socialist	Pál Losonczi	13 April 1967 - 25 June 1987
Socialist	Károly Németh	25 June 1987 - 29 June 1988
Socialist	Brunó Ferenc Straub	29 June 1988 - 18 October 1989
Third Hungarian Republic
Socialist	Mátyás Szűrös	18 October 1989 - 2 May 1990	Interim President
Democrat	Árpád Göncz	2 May 1990 - 4 August 2000
Non-partisan	Ferenc Mádl	4 August 2000 - 5 August 2005 (still serving as outgoing President)
Non-partisan	László Sólyom	(incoming president) 5 August 2005 -