Ruler · 1487 – 1540

John Zápolya

Lived 1487 – 1540; monarch, politician. Apostolic King of Hungary of Kingdom of Hungary, 1526 – 1540; also in the line of Eastern Hungarian Kingdom.

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Lived: 1487 – 1540; 53 years
In office: 14 years; one reign
Lines: 2; states
Left it: natural death; Kokkonen & Sundell

Apostolic King of Hungary

Kingdom of Hungary · the 37th of 55 dated reigns · 1000 – 1918

33 before

Matthias Corvinus1458 – 1490

Vladislaus II of Hungary1490 – 1516

Louis II of Hungary1516 – 1526

John Zápolya1526 – 1540

Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor1526 – 1564

Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor1564 – 1576

Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor1576 – 1608

15 after

deposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roada second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1526 – 1540 · 14 years · came to it aged 39

Left it: natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell

Also in the line of Eastern Hungarian Kingdom (1st of 2).

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