This is a list of the queens consorts of Hungary (), the consorts of the
kings of Hungary. After the extinction of the
ĂrpĂĄd dynasty and later the
Angevin dynasty, the title of King of Hungary has been held by a monarch outside of Hungary with a few exceptions. After 1526, the title of Queen of Hungary belonged to the wife of the
Habsburg Emperors who were also King of Hungary.
Queens of Hungary also held the titles after 1526:
Holy Roman Empress (later
Empress of Austria) and
Queen consort of Bohemia. Since
Leopold I, all kings of Hungary used the title of
Apostolic King His (Royal) Apostolic Majesty was a styled title used by the Kings of Hungary, in the sense of being latter-day apostles of Christianity.
First creation
The origin of this title dates from around 1000 A.D. when Pope Silvester II conferred it up ...
of Hungary the title given to
Saint Stephen I by the Pope and their wives were styled as Apostolic Queens of Hungary.
The title lasted just a little over nine centuries, from 1000 to 1918.
The
Kingdom of Hungary
The Kingdom of Hungary was a monarchy in Central Europe that existed for nearly a millennium, from 1000 to 1946 and was a key part of the Habsburg monarchy from 1526-1918. The Principality of Hungary emerged as a Christian kingdom upon the Coro ...
also had two
queens regnant (''kirĂĄlynĹ'') who were crowned as kings:
Maria I and
Maria II Theresa.
Grand Princesses of the Hungarians
Queens consort of Hungary
House of ĂrpĂĄd, 1000â1038
House of Orseolo, 1038/44â1041/46
House of Aba, 1041â1044
House of ĂrpĂĄd, 1046â1301
House of PĹemyslid, 1301â1305
House of Wittelsbach, 1305â1308
Wenceslaus's successor
Otto's first wife,
Katharine of Habsburg, died 23 years before her husband became King of Hungary; and he married his second wife,
Agnes of Glogau, two years after he lost the throne to
Charles I.
Capetian House of Anjou, 1308â1395
Charles Martel of Anjou pressed his claim to the throne of Hungary and became titular King of Hungary in 1290; his wife,
Klementia of Habsburg became titular queen consort of Hungary, but Charles Martel failed to govern Hungary and died in 1295. Charles Martel and Klementia were never the proper King and Queen. Charles Martel also died in his parents' lifetime.
House of Luxembourg, 1395â1437
House of Habsburg, 1437â1439
House of Jagiellon, 1440â1444
UlĂĄszlĂł I had no children and did not get married (contemporary opinions, quoted by
Jan DĹugosz, suggested that he was homosexual). He was succeeded in Poland by his younger brother
Casimir IV Jagiellon in 1447 after a three-year
interregnum
An interregnum (plural interregna or interregnums) is a period of revolutionary breach of legal continuity, discontinuity or "gap" in a government, organization, or social order. Archetypally, it was the period of time between the reign of one m ...
. In Hungary, he was succeeded by his former rival, the child
Ladislaus the Posthumous
Ladislaus V, more commonly known as Ladislaus the Posthumous (; ; ; ; 22 February 144023 November 1457), was Duke of Austria and King of Hungary, King of Croatia, Croatia and King of Bohemia, Bohemia. He was the posthumous birth, posthumous son ...
.
House of Habsburg, 1440/44â1457
Ladislaus the Posthumous
Ladislaus V, more commonly known as Ladislaus the Posthumous (; ; ; ; 22 February 144023 November 1457), was Duke of Austria and King of Hungary, King of Croatia, Croatia and King of Bohemia, Bohemia. He was the posthumous birth, posthumous son ...
died suddenly in Prague on 23 November 1457 while preparing for his marriage to
Magdalena of Valois, daughter of
Charles VII of France
Charles VII (22 February 1403 â 22 July 1461), called the Victorious () or the Well-Served (), was King of France from 1422 to his death in 1461. His reign saw the end of the Hundred Years' War and a ''de facto'' end of the English claims to ...
. He and Magdalena, therefore, never married.
House of Hunyadi, 1458â1490
House of Jagiellon, 1490â1526
House of Szapolyai, 1526â1570
In dispute with the Habsburgs.
House of Habsburg, 1526â1780
House of Habsburg-Lorraine, 1780â1918
References
See also
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List of Hungarian monarchs
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List of Transylvanian consorts
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