Lands of the Crown of Saint Stephen
The Lands of the Crown of Saint Stephen (Hungarian: a Szent Korona Országai), informally Transleithania (meaning the lands or region "beyond" the Leitha River), were the Hungarian territories of Austria-Hungary, throughout the latter's entire existence (30 March 1867 – 16 November 1918), and which disintegrated following its dissolution. The name referenced the historic coronation crown of Hungary, known as the Crown of Saint Stephen of Hungary, which had a symbolic importance to the Kingdom of Hungary.
Lands of the Crown of Saint Stephen | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1867–1918 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motto: Regnum Mariae Patrona Hungariae ("Kingdom of Mary, the Patroness of Hungary") | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Anthem: "Himnusz" | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Territory of the Kingdom of Hungary and the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia in green (Condominium of Bosnia-Herzegovina in purple) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Status | Component of Austria-Hungary | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Capital and largest city | Budapest | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Religion | Latin Catholicism, Calvinism, Lutheranism, Eastern Orthodoxy, Eastern Catholicism, Unitarianism, and Judaism | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Government | Constitutional monarchy | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| King | |||||||||||||||||||||||
• 1867–1916 | Franz Joseph I | ||||||||||||||||||||||
• 1916–1918 | Karl IV | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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• 1867–1871 (first) | Gyula Andrássy | ||||||||||||||||||||||
• 1918 (last) | Mihály Károlyi | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Legislature | Diet | ||||||||||||||||||||||
• Upper house | House of Magnates | ||||||||||||||||||||||
• Lower house | House of Representatives | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Historical era | New Imperialism | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 30 March 1867 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 17 November 1868 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 October 1908 – 31 March 1909 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 28 June 1914 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
• Declaration of War on Serbia | 28 July 1914 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 31 October 1918 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 13 November 1918 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 16 November 1918 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
• Treaty of Trianon | 4 June 1920 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| History of Hungary |
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| History of Croatia |
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| Croatia portal |
According to the First Article of the Croatian–Hungarian Settlement of 1868, this territory, also called Arch-Kingdom of Hungary (Archiregnum Hungaricum, pursuant to Medieval Latin terminology), was officially defined as "a state union of the Kingdom of Hungary and the Triune Kingdom of Croatia, Slavonia and Dalmatia". Though Dalmatia actually lay outside the Lands of the Crown of Saint Stephen, being part of Cisleithania, the Austrian half of the empire, it was nevertheless included in its name, due to a long political campaign seeking recognition of the Triune Kingdom, which consisted of a united Croatia, Slavonia and Dalmatia.