Lands of the Crown of St. Stephen
The historical term
Lands of the Crown of St. Stephen used to denote a group of countries connected to the
Kingdom of Hungary by
personal union.
* Hungarian:
Szent István Koronájának Országai - Lands of the Crown of St. Stephen,
Szent Korona Országai - Lands of the Holy Crown,
Magyar Korona Országai - Lands of the Hungarian Crown,
Magyar Szent Korona Országai- Lands of the Hungarian Holy Crown
* Croatian:
Zemlje krune Svetog Stjepana - Lands of the Crown of St. Stephen
* German:
Länder der heiligen ungarischen Stephanskrone - Lands of the Holy Hungarian Crown of (St.) Stephen
* Slovak:
Krajiny Svätoštefanskej koruny - Lands of the Crown of St. Stephen,
Krajiny uhorskej koruny - Lands of the Hungarian Crown
The term was widely used in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries to distinguish the
Transleithanian part of the
Habsburg Monarchy (later
Austria-Hungary) from the
Cisleithanian territories. It meant three countries:
* the Kingdom of
Hungary* the Kingdom of
Croatia* the Grand Duchy of
TransylvaniaWhile the
Diet of Hungary opposed the separation of Transylvania (being an integral part of medieval Hungary), they unsuccessfully demanded to reestablish the historical connections with
Dalmatia,
Bosnia, and
Galicia and Lodomeria. These Cisleithanian provinces were theoretically part of the Lands of the Crown of St. Stephen, according to the Hungarian point of view.
After the union with Transylvania in 1848 and 1867, the term denoted only the Kingdoms of Hungary and Croatia.
On
29 October 1918 the
Croatian Parliament declared the end of the union and joined the
State of Slovenes, Croats, and Serbs (later the
Kingdom of Yugoslavia). At that point the term lost its meaning and its use ceased.
*
Croatia in the union with Hungary*
Crown of St. Stephen
