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54-569: In the 16th century Zaránd was part of the Eastern Hungarian Kingdom and later the Partium territories of the Principality of Transylvania . It returned to Habsburg Hungary in 1699. In 1744 most of the western territory of Zaránd County, including its capital Zaránd/ Zărand , was transferred to Arad County ; Körösbánya/ Baia de Criș became the capital of the new rump county. During

108-660: A contemporaneous report, but a charter issued in September 1491 already mentioned John, showing that John was born between the two dates. Stephen Zápolya became Palatine of the Kingdom of Hungary from 1492 until his death in 1499. Vladislaus's brother, King Sigismund Jagiellon of Poland, came to Hungary to mediate between the royal family and the Zápolyas in late June. Emperor Maximilian had already in September declared war on Hungary, because he wanted to protect his claim (acknowledged in

162-491: A few weeks later. For much of John II's reign, Eastern Hungary was governed by his mother, Isabella , with Bishop George Martinuzzi as regent. They were supported by Sultan Suleiman, who recognized John II as king and his vassal. In 1541, Ferdinand invaded to enforce his claim. Martinuzzi called on Suleiman, who expelled Ferdinand, but took most of central Hungary under direct Ottoman rule as Budin Province . The eastern part of

216-415: A payment of 20 denars for each peasant household. Supporters of Zápolya were appointed to the royal council, becoming a majority, and his friend, Gregory Frankopan, Archbishop of Kalocsa , was made chancellor. The previous chancellor, George Szatmári , Archbishop of Esztergom , remained hostile to Zápolya. Zápolya, Stephen Báthory, Emeric Török, and Michael Paksy joined forces to laid siege to Žrnov ,

270-611: A period of significant administrative reform in the Austrian Empire following the Revolutions of 1848 the traditional counties of Transylvania (including the Partium territories of Zaránd, Kraszna, Közép-Szolnok and Kővár) were abolished and reorganised into five Kreise (districts; literally "circles") in 1851; Zaránd's territory was incorporated into the Kreis of Karlsburg . In 1854

324-560: A vassal relationship, which he later accomplished with Transylvania. This was an old method used by the Ottoman Empire, which had also been applied against Balkan states, such as Serbia, in the 14th and 15th centuries, where they were first compelled into dependency and then annexed in the following decades. In 1529 John approached the Ottomans, and agreed to make Hungary a vassal state in return for recognition and support. Sultan Suleiman

378-523: Is a modern term coined by some historians to designate the realm of John Zápolya and his son John Sigismund Zápolya , who contested the claims of the House of Habsburg to rule the Kingdom of Hungary from 1526 to 1570. The Zápolyas ruled over an eastern part of Hungary, and the Habsburg kings ( Ferdinand and Maximilian ) ruled the west. The Habsburgs tried several times to unite all Hungary under their rule, but

432-516: The Kreis system was revised significantly with the previously five Kreise becoming ten; Zaránd's territory became part of the new Kreis of Broos . The pre-1848 counties, including Zaránd, were restored in 1860. Zaránd county was finally permanently dissolved as part of the 1876 administrative reform in the Lands of the Crown of Saint Stephen ; most of its territory became part of Hunyad County as

486-570: The 1491 Peace of Pressburg ) to succeed Vladislaus. The teenager Stephen Zápolya was made one of the commanders of the Hungarian army. During the war, the envoys of King Vladislaus and Maximilian signed a secret treaty on 30 March 1506 about the marriage of Vladislaus's daughter, Anne Jagiellon, and Maximilian's grandson, Ferdinand . John was born in Szepes Castle (now Spiš Castle in Slovakia), which

540-460: The Bohemian throne in late 1526 – from the burden of assisting his brother. By then, Ferdinand had developed a Hungarian policy that was fully in keeping with the interests of his realms. He judged that if Hungary, unable to resist the Ottoman Empire, took action independently of Austria and Bohemia, it might well enter into an alliance with the Ottomans against its western neighbors. It was therefore in

594-681: The Ottoman Empire prevented that by supporting the Eastern Hungarian Kingdom. The exact extent of the Zápolya realm was never settled because both the Habsburgs and the Zápolyas claimed the whole kingdom. A temporary territorial division was made in the Treaty of Nagyvárad in 1538. The Eastern Hungarian Kingdom is considered the predecessor of the Principality of Transylvania (1570–1711) , which

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648-439: The voivode was inadequate to provide the task of administering a state. Martinuzzi formed a new administrative structure, and established the court at Gyulafehérvár . The feudal estates lost their power over cases of state. The Saxons were still Habsburg supporters and adopted a passive stance. Péter Haller, the royal magistrate at Szeben, was the only Saxon at the court of Gyulafehérvár. The Székelys had only few advocates in

702-554: The Diet at Székesfehérvár by the lesser nobles (gentry), and he was duly crowned the next day. Ferdinand was also elected king by the magnates, barons, and the Catholic clergy in a rump Diet in Pozsony on 17 December 1526. Profiting from nine months of relative calm, John strove to restore state authority. He drew on his vast private wealth, the unconditional support of the lesser nobility, and

756-409: The Eastern Hungarian Kingdom became the predecessor of the Principality of Transylvania (1570–1711) . Despite John Sigismund's profession of vassalage to Maximilian, the princes of Transylvania ruled with near complete autonomy, and often paid tribute to the Ottoman Empire. Austria and Turkey contended for supremacy there for nearly two centuries. All reference after 1570 to the king of Hungary refer to

810-497: The Habsburg dynasty could help Hungary fight against the Ottomans. But in 1526, the promise rang empty. Hungary had been fighting the Ottomans for over a century, during which time the Empire and the Habsburgs had offered much encouragement but no tangible help. The likelihood of assistance was further reduced by the conflict of Ferdinand's older brother, Emperor Charles V, and King Francis I of France that once again flared into open war in

864-467: The Hungarian plain remained under Zápolya rule; after 1571 it became known as Partium . During the 1540s, the Eastern Hungarian Kingdom included the counties of Máramaros , Szabolcs , Szatmár , Közép-Szolnok , Bihar , Külső-Szolnok , Békés , Csongrád , Arad , Csanád , and the Temesköz . The bigger towns, such as Várad or Lippa, were significant centers of state power, warranting predominance over

918-476: The Kingdom of Hungary") from 1570 until his death (1571). This treaty, like the earlier Treaty of Nagyvárad , endorsed the principle of a united Hungary. Partium and Transylvania were entrusted to John Sigismund Zápolya, as a vassal of Maximilian. As mentioned above, the Zápolyas had already held the Partium, but now the Habsburgs recognized their lordship. In a sense, John Sigismund traded title for territory. Thus

972-530: The Körösbánya and Brád districts, with a smaller western part being merged into Arad county as the district of Nagyhalmágy . This Hungarian history article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Romanian history -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Eastern Hungarian Kingdom The Eastern Hungarian Kingdom ( Hungarian : keleti Magyar Királyság [ˈkɛlɛti ˈmɒɟɒr ˈkiraːjʃaːg] )

1026-661: The Magnificent accepted, and sent Ottoman armies to invade Austria (which included the Siege of Vienna ), a war which lasted till 1533. This allowed John to regain his position in Hungary in 1529, by the efforts of Frater George Martinuzzi , despite the association with the Ottomans which tainted him at the time. Martinuzzi became royal treasurer and John's most trusted minister. In 1533, the Ottomans made peace and ceded western Hungary to Ferdinand. Ferdinand now began to press John for control of

1080-537: The Old , married John's younger sister, Barbara Zápolya in early 1512. This increased the influence of the Zápolyas, but only in the short term, as Barbara died in 1515. To show off his wealth, John went with Barbara to Poland accompanied by 800 horsemen who wore gilded clothes. John raided Ottoman Bulgaria in summer 1513. After returning to Transylvania, he crushed a revolt in Hermannstadt (now Sibiu , Romania) and forced

1134-596: The Ottoman army. In 1553, Ferdinand withdrew Castaldo's troops from Transylvania. In 1554 the sultan launched another attack against Hungary, occupying Salgó and Fülek. In 1556 the nobles of Transylvania recalled John II, and elected him Prince of Transylvania at the Diet of Szászsebes; also again acknowledging him as King. "On this day we have by our common will elected the son of our late King John as our Prince and King, and we will loyally serve his majesty and master now and in times to come." In 1568, freedom of religion

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1188-495: The Ottoman fortress near Nándorfehérvár (now Belgrade, Serbia) in April 1515. However, Sinan , Bey of Smederovo , defeated their united troops. The defeat weakened Zápolya's position. In 1526, the Ottoman Empire crushed the Hungarian royal army in the Battle of Mohács and killed King Louis II . Zápolya was en route to the battlefield with his sizable army but did not participate in

1242-498: The Ottomans. He allied instead with Ferdinand, and compelled Isabella to sign the Treaty of Nyírbátor in 1549, which ceded Transylvania to Ferdinand. Isabella opposed the dispossession of her son and informed the sultan immediately. A civil war followed between Isabella's forces and Martinuzzi's pro-Habsburg troops. Martinuzzi's army besieged the royal residence at Gyulafehérvár in 1550 and 1551. A Habsburg army marched into Transylvania and

1296-632: The Székelys on 8 November 1510. He moved to Transylvania and took up residence in Kolozsvár (now Cluj-Napoca , Romania) in March 1511. The Ottomans invaded the southern frontier of the Kingdom of Hungary in April 1511. John regularly held Diets for the representatives of the " Three Nations of Transylvania ". He also headed the judicial assemblies of the Székely people . Vladislaus's brother, Polish king Sigismund I

1350-514: The Tisza region, under Giovanni Battista Castaldo. Martinuzzi continued his intrigues, sending feudal tribute to the sultan, and was killed by Castaldo in 1551. John II abdicated as king, and together with Isabella left for Poland. The sultan, feeling betrayed, sent his army against Hungary in 1552. Veszprém, Drégely, Szolnok, Lippa, Temesvár, Karánsebes, and Lugos fell in the course of the campaign. Only Eger castle, commanded by István Dobó , withstood

1404-472: The assistance of some aristocrats to impose his policies in domestic affairs. However, in the crucial sphere of foreign relations, success eluded him. He sought an entente with the Habsburgs, proposing to form an alliance against the Ottomans, but Ferdinand rejected all attempts at reconciliation. John's envoys fanned out across Europe in quest of support. Only in France did they find a positive response, but even that

1458-466: The battle for unknown reasons. The Ottomans sacked the royal capital of Buda and occupied Syrmia , then withdrew from Hungary. The last three months of the year were marked by a power vacuum; political authority was in a state of collapse, yet the victors chose not to impose their rule. Two candidates stepped into the breach. One was Zápolya, voivode of Transylvania and Hungary's most prominent aristocrat as well as commander of an intact army. The other

1512-665: The central parts of the medieval Hungarian kingdom as counties along the Tisza river participated as equals in the Transylvanian Diet at Torda . The Transylvanian Diet thus became the legal successor of the Hungarian Diets. The chancellery and the high court at Buda disappeared during the political chaos of 1540-41 and Transylvania could not be administered by the central organs of the Hungarian Kingdom anymore. The apparatus of

1566-439: The circles around the regent and the queen. King John's supporters usually had no roots within the new confines of the country, however their relatives were found among the senior officials and courtiers in large numbers. The ruling class still expected the reunification of the country, and Martinuzzi always encountered the pressure of this wish and expectation. Martinuzzi and Isabella fell out, and Martinuzzi also turned against

1620-481: The higher clergy, and King Vladislaus. The Diet initially refused to elect the infant crown prince Louis as successor to Vladislaus, but Louis was finally crowned on Vladislaus's demand on 4 June 1508. According to the late 16th-century historian Miklós Istvánffy , when the king returned from Bohemia in early 1510, Zápolya asked Vladislaus for the hand of his daughter Anne , but Vladislaus refused. Vladislaus II made John Zápolya Voivode of Transylvania and Count of

1674-417: The idea of marriage between princess Anne and John Zápolya. Zápolya began his public career as a member of the new Diet at Rákos in 1505. On 13 October, the Diet, prompted by Zápolya, passed a bill which prohibited the election of a foreigner as king if Vladislaus died without male issue. The bill was aimed at creating a legal basis for Zápolya's ascension to the throne after the death of Vladislaus, but

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1728-412: The interest of Austria and Bohemia that the Habsburgs gain control of Hungary, by force if necessary. In July 1527, Ferdinand sent an army of German mercenaries into Hungary. The moment was well chosen, for John Zápolya's forces were tied up in the southern counties of Hungary , where Slavonic peasants, incited by Ferdinand, had rebelled; the revolt was led by the 'Black Man', Jovan Nenad . In one sweep,

1782-411: The king refused to ratify it, and the Diet was closed by the king. Moreover, Vladislaus's wife, Anne of Foix-Candale , gave birth to a son, Louis , on 1 July, 1506. Zápolya's serious conflicts with the royal court had meanwhile made him the leader of a "national party", consisting of the smaller untitled noblemen (the gentry) who were opposed to the pro-Habsburg orientation of the higher aristocracy,

1836-502: The lesser nobility. Most of his opponents succumbed at Mohács: the Hungarian branch of the Jagiellon dynasty became defunct, and its pro-Habsburg following was decimated. The higher nobility of Hungary (the magnates or barons) sided with Ferdinand, and gathered in Pozsony for Ferdinand's election. The German dynasty's main argument – one that many historians would judge to be decisive – was that

1890-430: The ongoing war conflict with Ferdinand (only empty promises), he had no choice but to send his envoy, Laszky Jeromos, to Istanbul to seek help. Suleiman I, who had not invaded the country in 1526, now did not want it to fall under Habsburg control. Therefore, alongside military support, he began the actual occupation of Hungarian territories and their annexation to the Ottoman Empire. The sultan sought to force Szapolyai into

1944-549: The peasant army marched toward Turkish territory, they took to plundering nearby noble manors. Many villagers refused to pay taxes and duties. On 22 May, Vladislaus and the Archbishop ordered the peasants to disband, but they refused. Peasant bands took control of the southern lowlands along the rivers Danube and Tisza and murdered many nobles. The main army of the peasants, commanded by György Dózsa , laid siege to Temesvár (now Timișoara , Romania). Stephen Báthory defended

1998-523: The pro-Habsburg soldiers captured Buda. John hurriedly redeployed his army, but on 27 September in the Battle of Tarcal (near Tokaj), he suffered a bloody defeat. Based on the earlier election of the Diet at Pozsony, Ferdinand was crowned in the Székesfehérvár Basilica on 3 November 1527. In 1528 John fled Hungary for Poland , where he stayed with Prince Jan Amor Tarnowski . After Szapolyai received no assistance from European rulers to resolve

2052-763: The region's magnates. One of the wealthiest nobles, Péter Petrovics , was the absolute ruler of the Temesköz, but was loyal to the Zápolya family. He cooperated with the regent Martinuzzi. The region from Máramaros County to the Kraszna river was ruled by the Drágffy - Perényi family, Ecsed and Somlyó by the Báthory family, Békés county by the Patócsy, the Maros river valley by the Jaksics family, and

2106-429: The right to free movement and obliged them to work on their lords' lands without remuneration one day in every week. Zápolya's victory over the peasant revolt strengthened his authority in several ways: on the one hand, he had opposed the "crusade" from the beginning, and on the other hand, it gained him support among the petty nobility (gentry). The Diet hailed Zápolya as the "liberator of the realm" and rewarded him with

2160-462: The summer of 1526. This circumstance led the Voivode to discount the threat lurking behind the Habsburgs' candidacy: that Zápolya's Hungary would have to contend not only with the Ottomans, but also with an attack from the west. Thus Zápolya took no notice of his rival's protests, nor of those voiced by the few Hungarians who rallied to Ferdinand. On 10 November 1526, Zápolya had himself proclaimed king at

2214-450: The territory known as "Royal Hungary"; references to a prince refer to the "Principality of Transylvania". John Z%C3%A1polya John Zápolya or Szapolyai ( Hungarian : Szapolyai/ Zápolya János ; Croatian : Ivan Zapolja ; Romanian : Ioan Zápolya ; Slovak : Ján Zápoľský ; 1487 – 22 July 1540), was King of Hungary (as John I ) from 1526 to 1540. His rule was disputed by Archduke Ferdinand I , who also claimed

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2268-489: The title King of Hungary. He was Voivode of Transylvania before his coronation, from 1510 to 1526. John came from a prominent Croatian-Slavonian noble family. His father became one of Hungary's wealthiest lords and served as Palatine of Hungary . During the Peasants' Revolt of 1514 led by György Dózsa , John gained influence through his military campaigns and by crushing the revolt, which bolstered his authority and earned him

2322-475: The title of "liberator of the realm." However, his power declined after his sister Barbara 's death in 1515. And in 1528, he fled to Poland , later aligning with the Ottomans , leading Hungary to become an Ottoman vassal state . John was the oldest son of Count Stephen Zápolya and his second wife, Hedwig of Cieszyn . Stephen Zápolya was descended from a Croatian noble family from Slavonia . Their family name

2376-582: The town of Debrecen by the Török family of Enying . Zemplén, Borsod, and Abaúj Counties with their undefined borders were ruled by the Balassa , Losonci , Bebek , and Drugeth families, but they possessed considerable autonomy. The army campaigns of 1543–44 left only one secure road link to Royal Hungary , along the Vág valley, and this further decreased Habsburg support in the kingdom. In August 1544, commissioners from

2430-410: The town. Zápolya, who had returned from his Ottoman campaign, came to relieve Temesvár. His army routed the peasants on 15 July. The leaders of the revolt were tortured to death with much cruelty. Dózsa was put on a red-hot iron "throne" with a red-hot iron "crown" on his head, and his accomplices were compelled to eat his flesh before being executed. In October, the Diet deprived the peasants of

2484-455: The townspeople to pay an extraordinary tax. Zápolya launched a new campaign into Bulgaria in early May 1514. Meanwhile, Tamás Bakócz , Archbishop of Esztergom , declared a Crusade against the Turks on 9 April. About 40,000 peasants joined the crusade and assembled near Pest, although their lords had tried to retain them before the harvest. The "crusade" soon turned into a peasant rebellion. As

2538-401: The wealthiest landholder in the country. The Hungarian Diet proclaimed him king, but Ferdinand sent an army which drove John from the country by 1528. To counter the Habsburg influence, John formed an alliance with Ottoman Sultan Suleiman I in 1528, and even swore fealty to the sultan in 1529. John controlled Transylvania and the eastern part of the Hungarian plain; Ferdinand held Croatia ,

2592-403: The western part of the plain, and Upper Hungary . In 1538, the two sides signed the Treaty of Nagyvárad , which made this division official, and also made Ferdinand heir to John, who was childless. The Nagyvárad agreement lasted only two years, until John I's son was born in 1540, only nine days before John I's death. The infant John II Sigismund Zápolya was crowned by the Hungarian estates

2646-454: Was Archduke Ferdinand of Austria , the late king's brother-in-law and brother of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V , who claimed Hungary for the House of Habsburg . The majority of Hungary's untitled lesser nobility (the gentry) backed Zápolya, who for fifteen years had been playing a leading role in Hungarian political life. Part of the aristocracy acknowledged his leadership, and he enjoyed the enthusiastic support – not always reciprocated – of

2700-810: Was an important center of the Zápolyas' domains. At the Diet of Hungary in 1497, Stephen Zápolya's opponents circulated rumours about his intention to have his son crowned king. John and his younger brother, George , inherited their father's vast domains in 1499. Their domains were primarily located in Upper Hungary (now Slovakia), where they held most landed estates in five counties . John could write letters in Latin, showing that his mother provided excellent education to him. Hedwig of Cieszyn wanted to persuade Vladislaus II , King of Hungary and Bohemia , to marry his only child, Anne , to John. However king Vladislaus refused

2754-657: Was derived from the Croatian phrase "za polje" (literally translated as "behind field"). Stephen became one of the wealthiest lords in the Kingdom of Hungary after inheriting the large domains of his brother, Emeric Zápolya , in 1487. Stephen Zápolya's marriage with the Silesian duchess, Hedwig, who was related to Emperor Maximilian I , increased the prestige of the Zápolya family . Stephen Zápolya had no sons when Matthias Corvinus , King of Hungary , died on 6 April 1490, according to

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2808-482: Was established by the Treaty of Speyer . In 1526, Hungary was defeated by the Ottoman Empire at the Battle of Mohács , and King Louis II of Hungary was killed. The Ottomans withdrew their troops and did not then seek to conquer. Ferdinand of Austria , younger brother of Emperor Charles V , claimed the crown by right of his marriage to Louis' sister Anne . But most Hungarian nobles opposed Ferdinand. They supported John Zápolya , former Voivode of Transylvania ,

2862-524: Was formally recognized by John II in the Edict of Torda . In 1570, John II signed the Treaty of Speyer with Ferdinand's successor, Maximilian . John II again renounced his claim as king of Hungary in favor of Maximilian, thus ending the Eastern Hungarian Kingdom. John instead was recognized by Maximilian as " prince of Transylvania and the Partium " ( princeps Transsylvaniae et partium regni Hungariae dominus ; that is, "Prince of Transylvania and Lord of part of

2916-449: Was ineffective since Francis was intent not on reconciling Hungary and the Habsburgs, but on drawing Hungary into a war against Charles and his family. Europe's political balance underwent a major shift in the summer of 1527, when, in a somewhat unplanned operation, mercenary forces of the emperor occupied Rome and drove Pope Clement VII , one of France's principal allies, to capitulate. This development freed Ferdinand – who also acquired

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