List of rulers of Croatia
Hungarian kings of Croatia (1102–1527)
From 1102, the reigning King of Hungary is also the ruler of the Kingdom of Croatia in agreement with the Croatian nobles.

List of rulers of Croatia

Section Title: Hungarian kings of Croatia (1102–1527)
Table Section Text: From 1102, the reigning King of Hungary is also the ruler of the Kingdom of Croatia in agreement with the Croatian nobles.

Portrait	Name	Reign start	Reign end	Notes

House of Árpád

-	Coloman	1102	3 February 1116	King of Hungary from 1095 and King of Croatia from 1102 until his death in 1116. Coloman, supported by Pannonian Croats, defeated an army of Croatian and Dalmatian nobles allied to Petar Svačić at the Battle of Gvozd Mountain.

-	Stephen II	3 February 1116	3 April 1131	Son of Coloman

-	Béla II the Blind	3 April 1131	13 February 1141	Grandson of Géza I, son of Álmos. He was Coloman's younger brother.

-	Géza II	13 February 1141	31 May 1162	Son of Béla II the Blind

-	Stephen III	31 May 1162	4 March 1172	Son of Géza II

Chronicon Pictum P121 A korona elrablása.JPG	Ladislaus II	31 May 1162	14 January 1163	Rebel anti-king, younger brother of Géza II

-	Stephen IV	14 January 1163	June 1163	Rebel anti-king, younger brother of Géza II

-	Béla III	4 March 1172	13 April 1196	Younger brother of Stephen III

-	Emeric	13 April 1196	30 November 1204	Son of Béla III

-	Ladislaus III	30 November 1204	7 May 1205	Son of Emeric, crowned and died as a child

-	Andrew II	7 May 1205	21 September 1235	Brother of Emeric. In 1222, he issued a Golden Bull which established the rights of noblemen, including the right to disobey the king when he acted contrary to law.

-	Béla IV	21 September 1235	3 May 1270	Son of Andrew II. Ruled during First Mongol invasion (1241–1242).

-	Stephen V	3 May 1270	6 August 1272	Son of Béla IV. Prince of Slavonia from 1246 to 1257

-	Ladislaus IV the Cuman	6 August 1272	10 July 1290	Son of Stephen V. He lived with the nomad Cuman tribes contrary to the wishes of the Catholic clergy and was thus excomunicated.

-	Andrew III the Venetian	4 August 1290	14 January 1301	Grandson of Andrew II. Last Hungarian king from the Árpád dynasty.

House of Přemyslid

-	Wenceslaus	27 August 1301	9 October 1305	Great-great-grandson of Béla IV. Rule contested by Charles Robert of Anjou (Charles I of Hungary).

House of Wittelsbach

-	Béla V	9 October 1305	May 1307	Grandson of Béla IV. Rule contested by Charles Robert of Anjou (Charles I of Hungary).

House of Anjou

-	Charles Martel of Anjou	1290	1295	Set up by Pope Nicholas IV and the ecclesiastical party as successor of his maternal uncle, the childless Ladislaus IV the Cuman.

-	Charles I	14 January 1301	16 July 1342	Son of Charles Martel of Anjou. Also called Charles Robert.

-	Louis I the Great	16 July 1342	11 September 1382	Also King of Poland from 1370 to 1382

-	Mary	11 September 1382	17 May 1395	Married Sigismund of Luxembourg after he invaded Upper Hungary in 1385. After the assassination of King Charles II in 1386, Mary officially remained the co-ruler with her husband Sigismund.

-	Charles II	31 December 1385	24 February 1386	Also King of Naples. After Mary renounced the throne, Charles III of Naples was crowned as King Charles II of Hungary on 31 December 1385.

-	Ladislaus of Naples	1390	1414	Son of Charles II. He claimed the Crown of Hungary and Croatia since 1390 in opposition to Mary and Sigismund of Luxemburg.

House of Luxembourg

-	Sigismund	31 March 1387	9 December 1437	Also King of Bohemia from 1419 and Holy Roman Emperorfrom 1433 until his death in 1437.

House of Habsburg

-	Albert I	18 December 1437	27 October 1439	Son-in-law of Sigismund. He was also King of Bohemia from 1438 until his death in 1439.

House of Jagiellon

-	Vladislaus I	15 May 1440	10 November 1444	Also King of Poland from 1434 until his death in 1444. Crown contested by Ladislaus V the Posthumus.

House of Habsburg

-	Ladislaus V the Posthumus	10 November 1444	23 November 1457	Son of Albert I. Born in 1440 after his father's death, spent most of his life in captivity.

House of Hunyadi

-	Matthias I	24 January 1458	6 April 1490	Elected by the nobles. He was son of John Hunyadi.

House of Jagiellon

-	Vladislaus II	15 July 1490	13 May 1516	Also King of Bohemia from 1471 (contested with Matthias I until 1490). The Hungarian nobles elected him king after his supporters defeated the son of Matthias I who relinquished his claim to the Hungarian throne prior to that.

-	Louis II	13 May 1516	29 August 1526	Also King of Bohemia from 1516 until his death in 1526 at the Battle of Mohács.

House of Zápolya

-	John I	10 November 1526	22 July 1540	Claimed the throne with the support of Hungarian nobles and later Suleiman the Magnificent. Kingship contested between Ferdinand I of Habsburg.

-	John II	13 September 1540	16 August 1570	Son of John I. Elected by supporters of John I as King of Hungary.

Sentence(s)

Stephen III was King of Hungary and Croatia between 1162 and 1172.

final_sentence: Stephen III was King of Hungary and Croatia between 1162 and 1172.