Samuel Aba
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Samuel Aba reigned as King of Hungary between 1041 and 1044. He was born to a prominent family with extensive domains in the region of the Mátra Hills. Based on reports in the Gesta Hungarorum and other Hungarian chronicles about the non-Hungarian origin of the Aba family, modern historians write that the Abas headed the Kabar tribes that seceded from the Khazar Khaganate and joined the Hungarians in the 9th century.
Depicted in the Illuminated Chronicle
Samuel Aba, King of Hungary (Nádasdy Mausoleum, 1664)
Samuel's defeat by Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor in the Battle of Ménfő in 1044 (from the Illuminated Chronicle)
King of Hungary
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The King of Hungary was the ruling head of state of the Kingdom of Hungary from 1000 to 1918. The style of title "Apostolic King of Hungary" was endorsed by Pope Clement XIII in 1758 and used afterwards by all monarchs of Hungary.
Crown Jewels of Hungary
The coronation of Leopold II at St. Martin's Cathedral in 1790, in Pozsony, site of Hungarian coronations between 1563 and 1830