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	Sigismund Biography \| Encyclopedia of World Biography
		Sigismund (1368-1437) was king of Hungary from 1385 to 1437, Holy Roman emperor from 1411 to 1437, and king of Bohemia from 1420 to 1437.
		Born on Feb. 15, 1368, Sigismund was the second son of the emperor Charles IV and the brother of the emperor Wenceslaus.
		Sigismund's fiscal policies crushed the Hungarian peasantry with unbearable burdens of taxation and alienated the restive Hungarian aristocracy.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/sigismund (726 words)

	Sigismund Summary
		Sigismund of Bavaria (1439–1501), a Duke of Bavaria
		Sigismund III Vasa (1566–1632), King of Sweden (as Sigismund I) and Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania
		Prince Sigismund of Prussia (1864-1866), the fourth child of Emperor Friedrich III, German Emperor and Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom.
	www.bookrags.com /Sigismund (871 words)

	Sigismund. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		Sigismund led a general European crusade against them but was crushingly defeated in 1396 by Sultan Beyazid I at Nikopol.
		Since Sigismund’s half brother Wenceslaus, who had been deposed from the German throne in 1400, had never waived his title, there were, for a time, three rulers of Germany.
		Sigismund had earlier transferred Brandenburg to Frederick of Hohenzollern (Frederick I of Brandenburg) as a reward for his support in Sigismund’s election as emperor.
	www.bartleby.com /65/si/Sigismun.html (590 words)

	Hungary - LoveToKnow 1911
		The greatest elevations are in the Tatra mountains of the north of Hungary proper, in the east and south of Transylvania (the Transylvanian Alps) and in the eastern portion of the Banat.
		The principal salt-mines are in Transylvania at Torda, Parajd, Deesakna and Maros-Ujvar; and in Hungary at Szlatina, Ronazsek and Sugatag.
		The Orthodox Eastern Church in Hungary is subject to the authority of the metropolitan of Carlowitz and the archbishop of Nagyszeben (Hermannstadt); under the former are the bishops of Bacs, Buda, Temesvar, Versecz and Pakracz, and under the latter the bishops of Arad and Karansebes.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Hungary (14828 words)

	Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sigismund was margrave of Brandenburg from 1378, succeeding his father, until 1388 he handed it to his cousin Jobst of Moravia.
		Sigismund arranged the kidnapping of his mother-in-law, who was eventually murdered in 1387 January, and his wife Mary, who was released in July 1387.
		Sigismund did not participate, or, more precisely, was not allowed to participate in the Battle of Kosovo in June of 1389 won by Mary's maternal uncle, the Bosnian King Tvrtko I.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sigismund,_Holy_Roman_Emperor (954 words)

	History of Hungary - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Hungary lost 84% of its timber resources, 43% of its arable land, and 83% of its iron ore. Because most of the country's pre-war industry was concentrated near Budapest, Hungary retained about 51% of its industrial population, 56% of its industry, 82% of its heavy industry, and 70% of its banks.
		The Treaty of Peace with Hungary signed on 10 February 1947 declared that "The decisions of the Vienna Award of 2 November 1938 are declared null and void" and Hungarian boundaries were fixed along the former frontiers as they existed on 1 January 1938, except a minor loss of territory on the Czechoslovakian border.
		Hungary's transition to a Western-style democracy was one of the smoothest among the former Soviet bloc.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/History_of_Hungary (7481 words)

	HighBeam Encyclopedia - Sigismund (Site not responding. Last check: )
		SIGISMUND [Sigismund], 1368-1437, Holy Roman emperor (1433-37), German king (1410-37), king of Hungary (1387-1437) and of Bohemia (1419-37), elector of Brandenburg (1376-1415), son of Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV.
		Sigismund led a general European crusade against them but was crushingly defeated in 1396 by Sultan Beyazid I at Nikopol.
		Sigismund had earlier transferred Brandenburg to Frederick of Hohenzollern (Frederick I of Brandenburg) as a reward for his support in Sigismund's election as emperor.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/section/Sigismun_GermanKingandHolyRomanEmperor.asp (635 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Hungary (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Kingdom of Hungary, or "Realm of the Crown of St. Stephen", situated between 14º 25' and 26º 25' E. longitude, and between 44º 10' and 49º 35' N. latitude, includes, besides Hungary Proper and Transylvania, the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia and a territory known as the Military Frontier.
		It was encouraged by the existing political conditions of Hungary: the dispute over the succession, with the accompanying civil war; the lack of a properly educated Catholic clergy; the transfer of a large amount of church land to the laity; and the claims made by both aspirants to the throne upon the episcopal domains.
		Catholicism in Hungary was not in a position to oppose this movement at the outset; a properly trained clergy were lacking, on account of the difficulties in the way of education caused by the political confusion.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/07547a.htm (12356 words)

	Hungary - RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION
		Hungary's first two foreign kings, Charles Robert and Louis I of the House of Anjou, ruled during one of the most glorious periods in the country's history.
		Sigismund became the Holy Roman Emperor in 1410 and king of Bohemia in 1419, thus requiring him to spend long periods abroad and enabling Hungary's magnates to acquire unprecedented power.
		Sigismund died the same year, and Hungary's next two kings, Albrecht V of Austria (1437-39) and Wladyslaw III of Poland (1439-44), who was known in Hungary as Ulaszlo I, both died during campaigns against the Turks.
	countrystudies.us /hungary/9.htm (1215 words)

	Budapest City Travel Guide - Hotels, attractions, Description, facts, history, tourism, circuits, trips
		Hungary, in the Carpathian Basin, has been populated by successive peoples for hundreds of thousands of years.
		Hungary sought help from the fascist governments of Germany and Italy to recover its land, but found itself again on the losing side in WWII.
		Hungary joined NATO and became a full participant in the EU in 2004, with adoption of the euro set for 2006 at the earliest.
	www.bestcitiestravel.com /budapest (1138 words)

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		Sigismund, with the help of Venetian diplomacy, secured his wife's release, and was crowned King of Hungary in 1387, ruling jointly with his wife until she died in 1395.
		In 1403, Pope Boniface IX incites King Ladislas of Naples, son of Charles II, to invade Hungary to claim the throne.
		Sigismund is elected in his place, and presides over the Council of Constance which elects Martin V as the sole pope, ending the schism.
	academic.evergreen.edu /g/greenw/sigismund.html (626 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Sigismund, Holy Roman Empire (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Albert II ALBERT II [Albert II] 1397-1439, Holy Roman Emperor, king of Hungary and Bohemia (1438-39), duke of Austria (1404-38).
		Ferdinand I FERDINAND I [Ferdinand I] 1503-64, Holy Roman emperor (1558-64), king of Bohemia (1526-64) and of Hungary (1526-64), younger brother of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V.
		Sigismund Rákóczy, 1544-1608, was elected (1607) prince of Transylvania to succeed Stephen Bocskay.
	www.encyclopedia.com /articles/11869.html (691 words)

	History of HUNGARY (Site not responding. Last check: )
		They are Louis I (Hungary from 1342, Poland from 1370); Sigismund (Hungary from 1385, Bohemia from 1419): Wladyslaw III (Poland from 1434, Hungary from 1440): Vladislav (Bohemia from 1471, Hungary from 1490); and Louis II (Hungary and Bohemia from 1516).
		Matthias is elected king of Hungary in 1458 after the sudden death, perhaps from poison, of the 17-year-old Laszlo V.
		The weakness of Hungary and Bohemia, under the rule of the 15-year-old Louis II, attracts the interest of an aggressive young sultan of Turkey, newly on the throne as Suleiman I.
	www.historyworld.net /wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?groupid=2051&HistoryID=ab87 (2111 words)

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		When Hungary was invaded and devastated by the Mongols (1241-1242), King Béla ordered new castles and fortresses to be built all around the country.
		Hungary's main economy is focused here in the capital city Budapest, with a multitude of international companies represented.
		The summer in Hungary is warm and long, and tourists are pouring into the country.
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		Queen Mary of Hungary married Sigismund, son of Emperor Charles IV in 1387.
		Sigismund I (1387-1437) recognised the Turkish threat and led a cosmopolitan crusade in 1396, only to be defeated at Nicopolis by Sultan Bayezid I. He was elected King of the Romans when Emperor Rupert died in 1411.
		Sigismund's death in 1437, caused a bitter succession dispute, eventually solved in 1439 when John Hunyadi crowned King Vladislav III of Poland-Lithuania as Vladislav IV of Hungary.
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		He was coroneted being the King of Hungary (the famous Hungarian pianist, F. Liszt composed the Coronation Mass for this event).
		Hungary was involved in both World Wars losing 600 thousand soldiers in War I and around one million in War II.
		Hungary was given up to the era of the Soviet Union according to the Treaties of Yalta and Potsdam.
	www.sefi-igip2007.com /hungary.html (1327 words)

	Sample Itineraries in Hungary
		There are almost a thousand buildings in present-day Hungary that qualifies as chateaux, castles or mansions and 800 of them are registered as historic monuments, including parks.
		Northern Hungary is particularly well endowed with castles and manor houses.
		Budapest to Tata : Now the home of a museum on ancient and medieval Hungary, Tata's 4-towered Gothic castle was built by King Sigismund in the 15th century, renovated by King Matthias in the Renaissance style but destroyed during the Turkish occupation.
	www.gotohungary.com /itineraries/castlehopping.shtml (866 words)

	Car Hire Hungary :: Cheap Car Rental in Hungary & Travel Hungary
		At the turn of the 14/15 th century a local landlord and king Sigismund favorite man fortified the village church on the banks of the river Sajo by adding a large tower to it and enclosed the church in a wall.
		In the 16 th century it became a frontier defense fortress surrounded by a Palisade.
		The scared crown and the state archive were kept here also 37 kings and 39 queens were crowned at this place.
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	General information - Budapest Travel Guide - Tourist Information of Budapest, Hungary - Budapest Travel Info (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Buda became the royal seat around the turn of the fifteenth century under the rule of Sigismund of Luxembourg, and the Royal Palace grew ever larger until its zenith was reached under King Matthias (ruled 1458-1490).
		There was an even greater impetus at the end of the nineteenth century as Hungary celebrated the millenary anniversary of the Magyar Conquest.
		The political Compromise between Hungary and Austria in 1867 led to the beginning of the industrialization of Budapest.
	www.booking.hu /info/budapest/general_information.en.html (1321 words)

	Hungary - Historical Flags - Kingdom of Hungary (Pre-1848) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The red-argent striped flag appeared during the reign of Béla's sons, Imre and András II, as a revival of the coats-of arms of the previous kings.
		This is the flag of János (Johannes) Hunyadi, regent of Hungary.
		As Istvan said, it is the shield of the Hunyadi family, whose members included one Governor of Hungary, one Regent of Hungary, one Ban (Landowner/Lord type rank) of Transylvania, and one King of Hungary.
	fotw.vexillum.com /flags/hu_king.html (2565 words)

	Paradox Interactive Forums - Encyclopedia Warspite : Hungary 1419-1820 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Hungary in 1437 was a Centralized Aristocracy heavily dependant on Serfdom and Mercantilism.
		Hungary at this time was never so powerful but the winds of war loomed over the horizon as nations recognized the threat Hungary posed to them.
		Thus, Hungary was for the time firmly in control of the region but she had many enemies and King Corvinus knew it.
	www.europa-universalis.com /forum/showthread.php?t=22750 (3851 words)

	Glossary: Eastern Europe
		(1288-1342) king of Hungary (1301, 1308-1342) son of Charles II of Naples and maternal grandson of Stephen V of Hungary, Charles I established the Angevine dynasty in Hungary.
		Elizabeth's rule in Hungary was equally unsuccessful and Elizabeth was tortured to death by Hungarian nobles in 1387.
		Sigismund's power in Bohemia was seldom more than nominal and he was forced to deal with numerous rebellions by the Bohemians who accused him of complicity in the death of Jan Hus at the Council of Constance, over which Sigismund presided.
	www.ucalgary.ca /applied_history/tutor/endmiddle/glossary/eastgloss.html (2245 words)

	History Channel Search Results
		Entering the service of King Sigismund of Hungary, he took part in the Hussite Wars in Bohemia and in 1437 captured the Serbian fortress of Smederevo from the Turks.
		When Albert died in 1439, Hunyadi helped secure the election of Władysław III of Poland as king of Hungary, and was named governor of Transylvania by the new sovereign.
		Władysław was killed in the battle, and in 1446 Hunyadi was elected governor of Hungary and guardian of the new king, 6-year-old Ladislas V (1440–57).
	www.historychannel.com /thcsearch/thc_resourcedetail.do?encyc_id=212366 (286 words)

	Ottomans
		In 1514, nobles and a crusade sparked a peasant revolt in Hungary and Transylvania.
		He became voivode of Wallachia in 1593 and, with Sigismund Bathory of Transylvania and Aron Vodă of Moldavia, he joined the Christian League, an anti-Ottoman coalition initiated by the Papacy and the Holy Roman Empire among Austria, Mantua, Ferrara, Spain.
		In 1599 the prince Sigismund Bathory abandoned the Principality of Transylvania in favor of his cousin, the cardinal Andre Bàthory who negotiated a pact with the Ottomans.
	www.romaniantours.com /ottomans.html (1235 words)

	Timeline Hungary
		c0-100AD Hungary was the Roman province of Pannonia and Pecs was the capital.
		1521 Suleiman I, the Ottoman Sultan, conquered Belgrade and invaded Hungary.
		In Hungary and in Romania's northwest region of Transylvania, it is called "palinka," or "palinca," while in southern Romania it is called "tuica," and in Moldova and Bulgaria "rakiya."
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	Hungarian Online Resources (Magyar Online Forrás)
		And Prince Vlad Tepes was a vassal of the King of Hungary.
		Vlad Tepes, son of Prince Vlad “Dracul,” was born in 1431 in the town of Segesvár,(3) of Hungary’s Transylvanian county of Szászföld, while his father was being groomed by King Sigismund, perhaps being “Magyarized” in the process, to become an ally of Hungary as the King’s vassal.
		Thus Prince Vlad “Dracul” was waiting inside Hungarian territory, under the protection of his feudal lord King Sigismund, for an opportunity to arise, as it did in 1436 - five years after his son’s birth in Hungary — to be put in charge of the Principality of Wallachia by the Hungarians.
	hungaria.org /print.php?articleid=552 (1051 words)

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		King Sigismund of Hungary, who became the Holy Roman Emperor in 1410, founded a secret fraternal order of knights called the Order of the Dragon to uphold Christianity and defend the Empire against the Ottoman Turks.
		To appreciate the story of Vlad III it is essential to understand the social and political forces of the region during the 15th century.
		At the time of Vlad Dracula's death Matthias Corvinus of Hungary was seeking to bolster his own reputation in the Holy Roman Empire and may have intended the early pamphlets as justification of his less than vigorous support of his vassal.
	www.theoutsiderspage.com /Vlad.html (5035 words)

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