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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;talerman, post: 3297814, member: 89314&quot;]You are right, of course, although Johann I Zapolya styled himself King of Hungary on these coins and the history is complicated.&nbsp;&nbsp; Voivod of Translyvania since 1511, he was elected King of Hungary by the Diet on 5 Nov. 1526 after the death of Ludwig II at the Battle of Mohacs with the Ottomans and crowned on 10 Nov.&nbsp; However, part of Hungary had fallen into the hands of Ferdinand II of Austria, who was also elected King&nbsp; by a rump Diet in Dec. 1526.&nbsp; After an intermittent conflict,&nbsp; in 1538 Zapolya designated Ferdinand as his successor&nbsp; under the Treaty of Nagyvarad.&nbsp; However, just before his death in 1540 he had a son, Johann Sigismund and on his deathbed, Johann I bequeathed his realm to his son. The late king&#039;s staunchest supporters elected the infant king, although he was never crowned with the Holy Crown of Hungary.&nbsp; An intermittent war followed between his followers supported by the Ottoman forces of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent and the Habsburgs, which only ended with the Treaty of Adrianople in 1568.&nbsp; Johann Sigismund was confirmed as ruler in the eastern territories of the medieval Kingdom of Hungary (Transylvania and &quot;Partium&quot;, parts).&nbsp; I think the title Prince (as against the lesser title of Voivod) of Transylvania first appeared on a 1577 10 Ducats of Elisabeth Bocskai, wife of Christoph Battori (the kind of coin panzerman might have !) and became standard under Sigismund Bathori&nbsp; (1581-1602).</p><p><br /></p><p>The coins of the subsequent Transylvanian rulers were more realistic about their position in Hungary.&nbsp; If I may be allowed to stray from the theme of this thread, here is a 1678 Double Taler of Michael Apafi with the reverse legend&nbsp; PAR:REG:HUN<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />o (lord of part of the kingdom of Hungary)_ET.SIC:COMES (count of the Szecklers).1678:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]872662[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]872664[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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