This article is about the Hungarian monarchy in the Early Middle Ages. For the principality ruled by Stephen Bocskai in the Early Modern Period, see Stephen Bocskai.
Grand Principality of Hungary
Magyar Nagyfejedelemség(Hungarian)
c. 895–1000 Árpád dynasty
Top: Magyar banner of the Conquest Era Bottom: Banner of the Árpád dynasty
Attributed arms from the Chronicon Pictum (c. 1370)
Arms of the Árpád dynasty
Principality of Hungary (c. 1000)
Status
Principality
Capital
Esztergom and Székesfehérvár (from the reigns of Taksony and Géza)
The Grand Principality of Hungary[1][2] or Duchy of Hungary[3][4] (Hungarian: Magyar Nagyfejedelemség: "Hungarian Grand Principality"[5] Byzantine Greek: Τουρκία) was the earliest documented Hungarian state in the Carpathian Basin, established in 895 or 896,[6][7][8] following the 9th century Magyar invasion of the Carpathian Basin.
The Hungarians, a semi-nomadic people formed a tribal alliance[9][10][11] led by Árpád (founder of the Árpád dynasty) arrived from Etelköz which was their earlier principality east of the Carpathians.[12]
During the period, the power of the Hungarian Grand Prince seemed to be decreasing irrespective of the success of the Hungarian military raids across Europe. The tribal territories, ruled by Hungarian warlords (chieftains), became semi-independent polities (e.g., the domains of Gyula the Younger in Transylvania). These territories were united again only under the rule of St. Stephen. The semi-nomadic Hungarian population adopted settled life. The chiefdom society changed to a state society. Since the second half of the 10th century, Christianity started to spread. The principality was succeeded by the Christian Kingdom of Hungary with the coronation of St Stephen I at Esztergom on Christmas Day 1000 (its alternative date is 1 January 1001).[13][14][15]
The period from 896 to 1000 is called "the age of principality" within Hungarian historiography.[7]
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^Stessel, Zahava Szász (1995). Wine and Thorns in Tokay Valley: Jewish Life in Hungary : the History of Abaújszántó. Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press. ISBN 978-0-8386-3545-2.
^Linehan, Peter; Nelson, Janet Laughland (2001). The Medieval World. Routledge. p. 79. ISBN 978-0-415-18151-8.
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^University of British Columbia. Committee for Medieval Studies, Studies in medieval and renaissance history, Committee for Medieval Studies, University of British Columbia, 1980, p. 159
^Peter F. Sugar, Péter Hanák [1] A History of Hungary, Indiana University Press, 1994, pp 12-17
^Pál Engel, Tamás Pálosfalvi, Andrew Ayton, The Realm of St. Stephen: A History of Medieval Hungary, 895-1526, .B.Tauris, 2005, p. 27
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