The coronation of the Hungarian monarch was a ceremony in which the king or queen of the Kingdom of Hungary was formally crowned and invested with regalia. It corresponded to the coronation ceremonies
Holy Crown of Hungary (Saint Stephen's Crown), and other pieces of the Hungarian Regalia
King Saint Ladislaus I of Hungary being crowned by angels. Image from the Chronicon Pictum of the 14th century.
Coronation of King Stephen III in June 1162
Coronation of Matthias II in Pressburg (today Bratislava) in 1608
Maria Theresa
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Maria Theresa was the ruler of the Habsburg monarchy from 1740 until her death in 1780, and the only woman to hold the position in her own right. She was the sovereign of Austria, Hungary, Croatia, Bo
Coronation of the Hungarian monarch
…they were crowned King of Hungary with the Holy Crown of Hungary. As women were not considered fit to rule Hungary, the two queens regnant, Mary and Maria Theresa, were crowned kings (Rex Hungariae) of Hungary. Even during the long personal union of Austria and the Kingdom of Hungary, the Habsburg Emperor had to…
Portrait by Martin van Meytens, 1759
Painting of three-year-old Maria Theresa in the gardens of Hofburg Palace
Archduchess Maria Theresa, by Andreas Møller
Maria Theresa in 1730, by Venetian painter Rosalba Carriera