State · 1111 – 1711
Principality of Transylvania (1570–1711)
A state of 1111 – 1711 — 600 years in Europe. It replaced Eastern Hungarian Kingdom. It was followed by Principality of Transylvania (1711–1867). The atlas records 15 things within it — wars and battles 3 · unrest and atrocity 1 · treaties 1 · people 10. Its line of rulers holds 12 people.
- Wikidata's English label: Principality of Transylvania.
For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.
- Stood
- 600 years
- 1111 – 1711
- Rulers
- 12
- the Prince of Transylvania
- Most ground
- 111,400 km²
- in 1622
- Within it
- 15
- recorded rows
- Symbols
- 2
- on record, with years
Where it sits in time
Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold, what it replaced or followed and what replaced or followed it in grey.
Before and after
The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.
Before it
- Eastern Hungarian Kingdom · replaces · 1526 – 1570
After it
- Principality of Transylvania (1711–1867) · followed by · 1711 – 1867
Rulers
Read from the state’s own English article and its rulers’ articles, where Wikidata names no ruler.
| Ruler | Reign | Length | How it ended · source | To the ruler before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raynald of Châtillon | 1176 – 1187 | 11 years | ending not on record | |
| Béla IV of Hungary | 1226 – 1235 | 9 years | ending not on record | |
| John Sigismund Zápolya | 1570 – 1571 | 1 year | ending not on record | |
| Stephen Báthory | 1571 – 1586 | 15 years | ending not on record | |
| Sigismund Báthory | 1586 – 1598 | 12 years | abdicated, the article saysread from the ruler's own article | nephew or niece |
| Stephen Bocskai | 1605 – 1606 | 1 year | ending not on record | |
| Sigismund Rákóczi | 1607 – 1608 | 1 year | abdicated, the article saysread from the ruler's own article | |
| Gabriel Báthory | 1608 – 1613 | 5 years | killed, the article saysread from the ruler's own article | |
| Gabriel Bethlen | 1613 – 1613 | under a year | ending not on record | |
| George I Rákóczi | 1630 – 1648 | 18 years | ending not on record | |
| Michael I Apafi | 1661 – 1690 | 29 years | ending not on record | |
| Francis II Rákóczi | 1704 – 1704 | under a year | ending not on record |
12 rulers, 12 with terms dated as terms, covering 1176 – 1704. Median reign 7 years. 2 of 11 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.
Ground held, by year
km² inside its borders as the borders dataset draws them, measured on an equal-area grid; a step series, held between the years the dataset maps.
100,700 km² in 1586, 84,500 km² in 1686; at its largest 111,400 km² in 1636. Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0.
Flags and arms, in order
Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.
coat of arms, undatedArms of Transylvania in Cod. icon. 391 · CC BY 4.0 · Dahn 
coat of arms, undatedCoat of arms of Transylvania · Public domain
What happened within it, by century
Every row the atlas hosts under this state, by the century it began in: wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey. A tall bar is a century the record is full for, which is partly a fact about Wikipedia.
1500 – 15995 rows · 1 wars and battles
- John Sigismund Zápolya · ruler · 1540 – 1571
- Stephen Bocskai · commander · 1557 – 1606
- Sigismund Báthory · politician · 1572 – 1613
- George I Rákóczi · writer · 1593 – 1648
- Battle of Șelimbăr · battle · 1599
1600 – 169910 rows · 2 wars and battles · 1 risings, regime changes and massacres
- Francis II Rákóczi · commander · 1676 – 1735
- George II Rákóczi · ruler · 1621 – 1660
- Michael I Apafi · politician · 1632 – 1690
- John Kemény · writer · 1607 – 1662
- Treaty of Radnot · treaty · 1656
- István Gyöngyösi · politician · 1629 – 1704
- Sándor Károlyi · politician · 1669 – 1743
- Battle of Lugos · battle · 1695
and 2 more in the atlas.
Among all states
Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.
- How long it stood600 years
stood longer than 90% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
- The most ground it held111,400 km²
held more ground at its peak than 47% of 1,465 states with a border in Cliopatria.
- Wars recorded per centurynone
had more wars on record per century than 44% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.
- How long a reign lasted, at the median9 years
had longer reigns, at the median, than 31% of 967 states whose dated line can carry a median.
- Rulers on record12
has more rulers on record than 84% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.
What led to it, and what came of it
The investigation's own picture: 0 causes the record names and 1 result, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.
Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 1051 – 1771, with everything that stood beside it.
- On the map in 1622, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
- Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.
Wikidata Q655621 (CC0) · borders Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0 · coast and rivers Natural Earth · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.