List of Hungarian rulers

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

See Heads of state of Hungary for a list of post-1918 presidents.

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 Kurszán, due to the supposed dual system (based on the same Khazar rulership method), where Árpád was the actual ruler, whereas Kurszán was the sacral leader.
	see remarks	c.907 – c. 955	The rulers during this time period are strongly disputed, mainly because the Hungarian nation 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	Géza	c.971–997	son of Taksony
Arpads	St. Stephen (Szent István)	997–1038	son of Géza, first king of Hungary (1001)
dynastic struggle 1038–1046
non dynastic	Peter Urseolo (Orseolo Péter)	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 (András / Endre)	1047–1061	Árpád dynasty restored
Arpads	Béla I (Béla)	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 Encyclopædia Britannica, see talk page
Arpads	Coloman (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 II (András)	1205–1235
Arpads	Béla IV	1235–1270	Mongol invasion
Arpads	Stephen V	1270–1272
Arpads	Ladislaus IV	1272–1290
Arpads	Andrew III	1290–1301	last of the Árpád dynasty
Premyslid	Wenceslas III of Bohemia (Vencel)	1301–1305	Bohemian king, elected as King of Hungary, was not universally recognized and is not counted as a king today
Wittelsbach	Otto III, Duke of Bavaria (Ottó)	1305–1308	also called Béla V, was not universally recognized
Angevin	Charles I (Károly Róbert)	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 (Mária)	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 I (Ferdinánd)	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	John II Sigismund Zápolya (János Zsigmond)	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
Habsburg	Matthias II	1608–1619
Habsburg	Ferdinand II	1618–1637
Habsburg	Ferdinand III	1625–1657
Habsburg	Ferdinand IV	1647–1654
Habsburg	Leopold I	1655–1705
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 (József)	1687–1711
Habsburg	Charles III	1711–1740
Large scale German settlements in Hungary (1720–1800)
Habsburg	Maria Theresa (Mária Terézia)	1740–1780
Habsburg	Joseph II (II. József)	1780–1790
Habsburg	Leopold II (II. Lipót)	1790-1792
Habsburg	Francis (Ferenc)	1792–1835
Habsburg	Ferdinánd V (V. Ferdinánd)	1835–1848
Habsburg	Francis Joseph I (Ferenc József)	2 December 1848 – 21 November 1916
Habsburg	Charles IV (IV. Károly)	21 November 1916 – 13 November 1918