Partition of Eastern Hungary (1570)

Name: Partition of Eastern Hungary (1570)
Start: 1570

Type Event Region Hungary Time 1570

The 1570 Treaty of Speyer confirmed the de facto tripartite division of Hungary: Habsburg control of western and northern Royal Hungary, Transylvania…

Timeline

1570Speyer · Holy Roman EmpireJohn Sigismund, Prince of Transylvania (formerly also King of Hungary), renounced his claim to the Hungarian crown in the Treaty of Speyer, recognized Maximilian II as the lawful king of Hungary, and in return secured autonomous status for the Principality of Transylvania under Ottoman protection.
1570Hungary · HungaryAfter the treaty, Hungary was divided into Royal Hungary under Habsburg control, the Ottoman-occupied central lowlands (including Buda), and the Principality of Transylvania; this partition of eastern Hungary persisted through the 16th and 17th centuries.

Sources

Treaty of Speyer (1570) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Speyer_(1570)
A History of Hungary — Peter F. Sugar (1990)