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Zapolya, John Sigismund

(Encyclopedia)Zapolya, John Sigismund: see John II, king of Hungary. ...

Ladislaus II, king of Bohemia

(Encyclopedia)Ladislaus II, king of Bohemia: see Uladislaus II, king of Hungary. ...

Stephen I

(Encyclopedia)Stephen I, king of Hungary: see Stephen, Saint (975–1038). ...

Ladislaus I, king of Bohemia

(Encyclopedia)Ladislaus I, king of Bohemia: see Ladislaus V, king of Hungary. ...

Franz Joseph

(Encyclopedia)Franz Joseph, emperor of Austria and king of Hungary: see Francis Joseph. ...

Uladislaus I

(Encyclopedia)Uladislaus I, king of Hungary: see Ladislaus III, king of Poland. ...

Komárno

(Encyclopedia)Komárno kôˈmärôm [key], Ger. Komorn, city of Slovakia and Hungary, on both sides of the Danube, at its confluence with the Nitra and Váh rivers. Komárno (1991 pop. 37,346) is located on the lef...

Andrássy, Julius, Count, 1860–1929, Hungarian politician

(Encyclopedia)Andrássy, Julius, Count, 1860–1929, Hungarian politician; son of the elder Count Andrássy. He occupied several cabinet posts before becoming (1900) minister of the interior of Hungary in the coali...

Jadwiga

(Encyclopedia)Jadwiga yädvēˈgä [key], 1374–99, Polish queen (1384–99), daughter of Louis I of Hungary and Poland. To satisfy Polish demands for autonomy at Louis's death, she reigned in Poland and her siste...

Crişana-Maramureş

(Encyclopedia)Crişana-Maramureş krĭshäˈnä-märämo͞oˈrĭsh [key], historic province, NW Romania, between Transylvania and Hungary. It covers approximately the present-day regions of Crişana (4,725 sq mi/12...