List of historical capitals of Hungary

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Capitals of the Hungarian State

During the history of Hungary the country has had more than one capital city. These were:

Middle Ages

Modern era

Capitals of Pannonia province

Note that the Roman provinces on the territory of today´s Hungary, notably Pannonia, had other capitals. Capitals of Roman (Lower) Pannonia, located in the territory of present day Hungary, were: Aquincum (today Óbuda), Savaria (Szombathely) and Sopianae (Pécs).

Notes

  1. Pressburg became the capital of Habsburg Hungary (Royal Hungary) in 1536, however the Queen, the infant counter-king John II and George Martinuzzi secured Buda until the Ottoman annexation (1541)

References

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  2. History of Esztergom
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  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Kristó Gyula - Barta János - Gergely Jenő: Magyarország története előidőktől 2000-ig (History of Hungary from the prehistory to 2000), Pannonica Kiadó, Budapest, 2002, ISBN 963-9252-56-5, p. 687, pp. 120-121 ("1315-ben Károly a királyi székhelyet a kevésbé biztonságos Budáról a nehezen megközelíthető Temesvárra helyezte át.."/"In 1315 Charles Robert moved the royal seat from the less safety Buda to the outway Temesvár (Timișoara).", "Károly Róbert a királyi székhelyet 1323 tavaszán Temesvárról Visegrádra helyezte át."/"Charles Robert moved the royal seat from Temesvár (Timișoara) to Visegrád in the spring of 1323")
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  6. Pozsony, the coronation town
  7. István Keul, Early Modern Religious Communities in East-Central Europe: Ethnic Diversity, Denominational Plurality, and Corporative Politics in the Principality of Transylvania (1526-1691), BRILL, 2009, p. 61
  8. István Homolya, Valentine Bakfark: lutenist from Transylvania, Corvina, 1984, p. 19
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  10. History of Debrecen
  11. Budapestinfo