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The Christian kingdom Stephen I founded in 1000 on the middle Danube, ruled by the Árpád dynasty and later by Angevin and elected kings. It survived the Mongol invasion of 1241 and peaked under Matthias Corvinus. This entry ends at Mohács in 1526, when the Ottomans destroyed its army and its king drowned while fleeing.

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  1. Stephen I is crowned king at Christmas with a crown sent at his request by Pope Sylvester IIDisputed

    Encyclopedia.com's biography gives Christmas Day 1000, while its Hungary entry gives Stephen's reign as 1001 to 1038. Both dates appear in the literature.

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  2. – Stephen sets up two archbishoprics, Esztergom and Kalocsa, and eight bishoprics, and brings in Benedictine monks to convert the country

    The structure was in place by Stephen's death in 1038.

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  3. Lesser nobles force Andrew II to issue the Golden Bull, which protects nobles from arbitrary arrest and gives them a right of resistance

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  4. – A Mongol army beats Béla IV at Mohi on 11 April and devastates the kingdom until it withdraws in 1242Disputed

    World History Encyclopedia gives 10 to 11 April 1241 for the battle; Encyclopedia.com's Hungary entry gives 11 April.

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  5. – The Hungarians elect Matthias Corvinus, about 15 years old and the son of John Hunyadi, kingDisputed

    Encyclopedia.com's Matthias entry dates the election to 1458; its John Hunyadi entry places Ladislaus V's death, and so the election, in 1457.

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  6. Süleyman I destroys the Hungarian army at Mohács in August, and King Louis II drowns while fleeingDisputed

    Encyclopedia.com's Ottoman entry gives 28 August 1526; Wikipedia gives 29 August. Encyclopedia.com's Ottoman entry says over 10,000 Hungarian foot soldiers were killed, along with most of the nobility and bishops. Two kings were then elected, John Zápolya and Ferdinand of Austria, and Hungary split into Ottoman, Habsburg and Zápolya zones.

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