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The historical term Lands of the Crown of St. Stephen used to denote a group of countries connected to the Kingdom of Hungary by personal union. This complex system of states is sometimes named Archiregnum Hungaricum using a medieval terminology. The Kingdom of Hungary (Hungarian: Magyar Királyság) is the name of a multiethnic kingdom that existed in Central Europe from 1000 to 1918. ...
A personal union is a political union of two or more entities that, internationally, are considered separate states, but through established law, share the same head of state —hence also whatever political actions are vested in the head of state, but no (or very few) others. ...
Name variants
- Hungarian: Szent István Koronájának Országai - Lands of the Crown of St. Stephen, Szent Korona Országai - Lands of the Holy Crown, Magyar Korona Országai - Lands of the Hungarian Crown, Magyar Szent Korona Országai- Lands of the Hungarian Holy Crown
- Croatian: Zemlje krune Svetog Stjepana - Lands of the Crown of St. Stephen
- German: Länder der heiligen ungarischen Stephanskrone - Lands of the Holy Hungarian Crown of (St.) Stephen
- Serbian: Zemlje krune Svetog Stevana - Lands of the Crown of St. Stephen
- Slovak: Krajiny Svätoštefanskej koruny - Lands of the Crown of St. Stephen, Krajiny uhorskej koruny - Lands of the Hungarian Crown
Characteristics The term was widely used in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries to distinguish the Transleithanian part of the Habsburg Monarchy (later Austria-Hungary) from the Cisleithanian territories. It meant three countries: Transleithania (German Transleithanien, derived from Latin to mean Land beyond the river of Leitha, counted from the Austrian side) is a colloquial name for the Lands of the Holy Hungarian Stephens Crown, the countries of the Hungarian part of Austria-Hungary, the Dual monarchy which was created in 1867...
The Habsburg Monarchy, often called Austrian Monarchy or simply Austria, are the territories ruled by the Austrian branch of the House of Habsburg, and then by the successor House of Habsburg-Lorraine, between 1526 and 1867/1918. ...
Austria-Hungary, also known as the Dual monarchy (or: the k. ...
Cisleithania (German: Cisleithanien) was the name of the Austrian part of Austria-Hungary, the Dual monarchy created in 1867 and dissolved in 1918. ...
While the Diet of Hungary opposed the separation of Transylvania (being an integral part of medieval Hungary), they unsuccessfully demanded to reestablish the historical connections with Dalmatia, Bosnia, and Galicia and Lodomeria. These Cisleithanian provinces were theoretically part of the Lands of the Crown of St. Stephen, according to the Hungarian public law. Map of Romania with Transylvania in yellow Transylvania (Romanian: or Transilvania; Hungarian: ; German: ; Serbian: or Erdelj / Ердељ) is a historical region in the center of Romania. ...
Map of Dalmatia, in present day Croatia highlighted Dalmatia (Croatian: Dalmacija, Italian: Dalmazia) is a region on the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea, in modern Croatia, spreading between the island of Rab in the northwest and the Gulf of Kotor (Boka Kotorska) in the southeast. ...
Approximate borders between Bosnia (marked light) and Herzegovina (marked dark) Historically and geographically, the region known as Bosnia (natively Bosna/БоÑна) comprises the northern part of the present-day country of Bosnia and Herzegovina. ...
Coat-of-arms of Galicia or Galicja Galicia (Ukrainian: , Polish: , German: , Hungarian: ) is an historical region in East Central Europe, currently divided between Poland and Ukraine. ...
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After the union with Transylvania in 1848 and 1867, the term denoted only the Kingdoms of Hungary and Croatia-Slavonia.
On 29 October 1918 the Croatian Parliament declared the end of the union and joined the State of Slovenes, Croats, and Serbs (later the Kingdom of Yugoslavia). At that point the term lost its meaning and its use ceased. October 29 is the 302nd day of the year (303rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ...
The parliament of Croatia is called Hrvatski Sabor in Croatian - the word sabor means an assembly, a gathering, a congress. ...
The State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs (Slovenian: ; Serbo-Croatian: ) was a short-lived state formed from the southernmost parts of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy after its dissolution at the end of the World War I by the resident population of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs. ...
Motto: One nation, one king, one country Anthem: Bože Pravde, Lijepa naša domovino and Naprej zastava slave medley Capital Belgrade Largest city Belgrade Serbo-Croat and Slovenian Government Constitutional monarchy (1918-1929) Royal dictatorship (1929-1941) - King Peter I (1918-1921) - King Alexander I (1921-1934) - King Peter...
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