// Middle Ages
Kingdom of Hungary
- Period
- AD 1000 – AD 1546
- Duration
- approx. 546 years
- Greatest extent
- around AD 1487
- Area (max.)
- approx. 467,000 km²
Period and duration
Kingdom of Hungary — according to the map data from AD 1000 to AD 1546, roughly 546 years. The dates refer to the time the empire is drawn as its own territory on the world map; historians sometimes date its founding and end differently.
Greatest extent
Kingdom of Hungary — greatest extent around AD 1487: the mapped borders then cover about 467,000 km², roughly 0.3% of Earth's land area. The area is calculated from the border lines of the map and is therefore an approximation.
Predecessors and successors
States that ruled the same territory directly before and after:
Before (AD 999)
- Principality of Hungary
- Holy Roman Empire
- Kingdom of Croatia
- Kingdom of Poland
After
- Kingdom of Spain
- Spanish Empire
- Eastern Hungarian Kingdom
- Ottoman Empire
Neighbours around AD 1487
The largest states in the region at the same time:
- Grand Principality of Moscow
- Kalmar Union
- Ottoman Empire
- Holy Roman Empire
- Crown of Aragon
- Habsburg Monarchy
- Principality of Moldavia
- Principality of Wallachia
Learn more
- Open the world map in AD 1487 — tap the empire for a detailed description
- Kingdom of Hungary on Wikipedia
- All 300 empires at a glance
Borders and dates: Cliopatria / Seshat Global History Databank (CC BY 4.0). Coastlines: Natural Earth. Text: Centaurian.