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3 unusual facts about king of Hungary


Religion in Hungary

Hungary's first king, Saint Stephen I, took up Western Christianity, although his mother, Sarolt, was baptized in the Eastern Rite.

Shimon Sofer

Emperor of Austria; Apostolic King of Hungary; King of Bohemia; King of Croatia; King of Galicia and Lodomeria; Grand Duke of Cracow

Verseghy Ferenc Grammar School

Upon the request of the citizens of Szolnok, Francis I, King of Hungary endorsed the establishment of a grammar school in 1831.


Balog nad Ipľom

In historical records, the village was first mentioned in 1232 when the King of Hungary, Andrew II gave the village to Zvolen (Zólyom) town.

Felicia of Sicily

The second mission of the King of Hungary was led by Bishop Hartvik, but the Count insisted on further negotiations.

Nikola Altomanović

He was defeated and blinded in Užice (fortress Užice) in 1373 by a coalition of his Serbian and Bosnian royals neighbors supported by the king of Hungary.

Spišská Kapitula and St. Martin's Cathedral

A recently restored wall-painting from 1317 depicts the coronation of Charles Robert of Anjou as the King of Hungary; another painting in the cathedral is the source for the provisional name of the anonymous Master of Kirchdrauf.


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Apostolic Majesty

This title was renewed by Pope Clement XIII in 1758 in favor of the Holy Roman Empress Maria Theresia, Queen of Hungary, and her descendants, the later Habsburg Emperors of Austria, bore the title of apostolic king of Hungary, used by the King himself, as also in the letters addressed to him by officials or private individuals.

Francis Joseph

Franz Joseph I of Austria (1830–1916), Emperor of Austria, Apostolic King of Hungary and King of Bohemia

Géza I of Hungary

The emperor sent Géza a gold and enamel diadem which depicted "Géza, the faithful king of Hungary" on one of its plaques.

Hypereides

It is said that a manuscript of most of the speeches survived as late as the 15th century in the library of Matthias Corvinus, king of Hungary, but was later destroyed after the capture of Buda by the Turks in the 16th century.

Ladislaus III

Władysław III of Poland and Lithuania (1424–1444), Polish name Władysław Warneńczyk, also king of Hungary, known posthumously as Vladislaus III of Varna

Ladislaus V of Hungary

Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (1289-1306), King of Hungary, Bohemia, and Poland, who took the name Ladislaus V

Matthias II

Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor (1557–1619), Holy Roman Emperor, King of Hungary, Croatia and Bohemia

Rudolph, Holy Roman Emperor

Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor (1552–1612), Holy Roman Emperor, King of Hungary, King of Bohemia and Archduke of Austria

Wenceslaus III

Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (1289–1306), King of Hungary (1301–05), King of Bohemia and of Poland (1305–06)