Realm · 840–910
Magyars
Magyars appears on the map from 840 to 910. At its greatest recorded extent, in 896, it covered about 418,272 km².
One of the realms of Kingdom of Hungary. The Magyars, horse-riding nomads speaking a Finno-Ugric language, crossed the Carpathians around 895 under Grand Prince Árpád and settled the Danube basin, raiding deep into Europe until their defeat at Lechfeld in 955. Árpád's descendant Stephen converted to Latin Christianity and was crowned king in 1000, founding a kingdom organised into counties around royal castles. Hungary joined with Croatia in 1102, survived the devastating Mongol invasion of 1241, and under the Angevin king Louis the Great and the Renaissance ruler Matthias Corvinus became a great power of central Europe.
- On the map
- 840–910
- Greatest extent
- 896, about 418,272 km²
- Read more
- Wikipedia: Hungarians · Wikidata Q133032
Territory through time
| Years | Area drawn |
|---|---|
| 840–859 | 399,131 km² |
| 860–874 | 399,039 km² |
| 875–881 | 398,178 km² |
| 882–883 | 396,458 km² |
| 884–885 | 382,431 km² |
| 886 | 382,140 km² |
| 887–895 | 382,008 km² |
| 896–897 | 418,272 km² |
| 898–899 | 362,547 km² |
| 900–910 | 108,495 km² |
Related
- Kingdom of Hungary empire