House of Árpád (1000–1301) House of Přemyslid (1301–1305) House of Wittelsbach (1305–1307) House of Anjou (1308–1395) House of Luxembourg (1387–1437) House of Habsburg (1437–1457) House of Jagiellon (1440–1444) House of Hunyadi (1458–1490) House of Jagiellon (1490–1526) King
Louis II of Hungary died at
Battle of Mohács in 1526. After the death of the Hungarian king, both the Hungarian noble
Zápolya family and the Austrian
Habsburg family claimed the whole kingdom. King
John I from the Zápolya family ruled the
Eastern Hungarian Kingdom, and King
Ferdinand I from the Habsburg family ruled the western part of
Kingdom of Hungary. File:Eastern-hungarian-kingdom1550.JPG|The western
Royal Hungary ruled by King
Ferdinand I and the
Eastern Hungarian Kingdom ruled by King
John I at the end of 1526. The Ottomans captured
Buda in 1541 and the central areas of the kingdom came under the authority of the
Ottoman Empire, therefore Hungary was divided into three parts.
House of Zápolya (1526–1540) House of Habsburg (1526–1564) House of Zápolya (1540–1570) The
Habsburgs tried several times to unite all Hungary under their rule, but the
Ottoman Empire prevented that by supporting the
Eastern Hungarian Kingdom. King
John I died in 1540, the Habsburg forces besieged
Buda the Hungarian capital in 1541, Sultan Suleiman led a relief force and defeated the Habsburgs, the Ottomans captured the city by a trick during the
Siege of Buda and the south central and central areas of the kingdom came under the
authority of the Ottoman Empire, therefore Hungary was divided into three parts
. The north-western rim of the Hungarian kingdom remained unconquered and recognised members of the House of Habsburg as
Kings of Hungary, giving it the name "
Royal Hungary". The Eastern Hungarian Kingdom is the predecessor of the
Principality of Transylvania, which was established by the
Treaty of Speyer in 1570 and the Eastern Hungarian King became the first
Prince of Transylvania. The Principality of Transylvania was a semi-independent state, and a vassal state of the Ottoman Empire, it continued to be part of the Kingdom of Hungary in the sense of public law,
John Sigismund's possessions belonged to the
Holy Crown of Hungary, and was a symbol of the survival of Hungarian statehood.
House of Habsburg (1564–1637) House of Bethlen (1620–1621) House of Habsburg (1637–1780) House of Habsburg-Lorraine (1780–1918) ==Timeline==