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20  INTRODUCING BUD APEST

The City’s Rulers

In the 13th century, Béla IV built a castle in Buda and
designated the town as his new capital. Until that time, the
Árpád dynasty, the first family of Hungarian kings, had ruled
their domain from elsewhere. When, at the beginning of
the 14th century, there were no male heirs to the Árpád
throne, Hungary began a long period during which it was
mainly ruled by foreign kings including the French Angevins
and the Polish Jagiellonian dynasty. Under Mátyás Corvinus,
a great Hungarian king, Buda became one of Europe’s most
impressive cities. The Habsburgs, while suppressing national 1440–44 Władysław (Ulászló) I
in surrections, rebuilt Buda and Pest after the devastation of Poland
left by the Turks, adding fine pieces of architecture. 1637–57
Ferdinand III
1301–5
Wenceslas II of Bohemia 1541–66 Sultan
Süleyman, “the
Magnificient”
1385–6
Charles II
of Durazzo
1608–19
1386–95 1490–1516 Mátyás II
Maria Władysław
(crowned) (Ulászló) II
1272–90 Ladislas IV, 1526–64
“the Cuman” Ferdinand I
1437–9
1270–72 Albert of
István V 1307–42 Charles Austria
I Robert of Anjou
1200 1300 1400 1500 1600
Árpáds Angevins Jagiellonians Ottomans
1200 1300 1400 1500 1600
1445–57
1290–1301
András III Ladislaus
1382–5 Maria (László) V,
(un-crowned) “Posthumus”
1235–70
Béla IV
1458–90 Mátyás I,
“Corvinus”
1516–26
Louis II

1526–40 János I
1342–82 Szapolyai
Louis I (Lajos),
“the Great”
1564–76
Maximilian I
1576–1608
Rudolf I
1305–7
Otto Wittelsbach 1387–1437 Sigismund of
of Bavaria Luxembourg (initially as 1619–37
Maria’s consort) Ferdinand II

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Starsight history timeline template “UK” LAYER
(Source v1)
Date 27th July 2012
Size 125mm x 217mm