The Territorial Evolution Of HUNGARY

▶ In this video I talk about the territorial evolution of Hungary. How its people first arrived in the region and how the territory they ruled changed through time, understanding the historical events and context associated with each of those changes. Thank you to Fabio for the great animations he did for this video.

▶ TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Intro
00:37 Scentbird Sponsorship
01:42 The Arrival to Central Europe
02:57 The "Hungarian Land Taking"
03:36 Expansion after the Kingdom establishment
04:22 The Mongols Arrive
05:27 Retaking the Kingdom
06:00 Expanion to Wallonia and Moldova
06:33 Matthias Corvinus
07:25 Fall of the Kingdom & Ottoman Occupation
08:25 Arrival of the Habsburgs
09:01 Holy League Reconquest
09:33 Hungary within the Habsburg Empire
10:54 First World War / Treaty of Trianon
12:00 World War Two
12:39 Hungary's Territory Today
12:59 Summary

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[General.Knowledge]

*Which other country's territorial evolution should I make a video on next?*

[bee-fsvb]

Fun fact: after ww1, hungary had to cede territory to austria. The country that they previously went to war together as a union/empire.

[KokiCRO]

As Croat I love Hungarians most of them are actually pretty cool and friendly people. I also like their language it sounds cool.

[RTJanel]

As an American who lived in Hungary for 8 years, married a Croatian and now live in Croatia for the past 4 years, this was an amazing video! I see the Hungarian influences all over Croatia in some of the castles and some of the surnames I see around. Great video.

[Vektordeformacio]

This is your (yet) highest quality video. The sources are spot on and you used a couple of hungarian maps. Really well done. Thank you.

[laillabethm]

"Fun" fact: after WWI the Slavic countries wanted to have a bridge between the northern and southern Slavic nations, and for that they wanted to take now-Burgenland from Hungary. In the end the Entente didn't let them having the bridge but took the territory from Hungary anyway and gave it to Austria who was also defeated in the war

[jakubzov]

Greetings from slovakia. We lived in harmony for most of the time. Our modern history may be little bit rough but ultimately we are similar. Let's hope for better future without hate ✌️

[razvanbarbaud]

As a Romanian living in France I like to meet Hungarians, they always prove to be friendly and happy to help, my best friend in a Hungarian from Budapest. At a government level Hungary helped and is helping Romania; they supported us to join the EU and are in top 5 of our economic partners. Hungarians in the big cities of Transylvania like Cluj, Brasov and Oradea are cool and friendly. I am just tired to read hateful youtube comments from the Hungarians in the small mountain villages inside Romania. And yes, I am happy that people talk about the history of central and eastern Europe because otherwise it minimizes the importance of our history and cultures. For example it was very hard for me to find a video about Trianon in French, people simply don't care about the East.

[swordfish_wotb]

Support to hungary, our brothers from personal union 🇭🇷🇭🇺✝️🔥👑

[billiebluesheepie]

I remember being on an international camp about a decade ago, where two participants, an Hungarian and a Romanian had an intense dislike for each other - which completely spoiled the camp.
Every night became a hostile shouting match about which past family members were massacred by each other’s countries.
I never went on another international camp, but I remember the host saying he would request that they couldn’t have people who bore grudges against other nations.
On a plus note, both men tried to out do each other on how much firewood they could chop — and between them they chopped about three cords!

[Drakrau_TheDerg]

Anyone else think the Treaty of Trianon was a bit harsh on Hungary? I mean they didn't wanna join WW1, they were forced to.
Also if any Hungarians are watching and seeing this comment, love from the US 🇺🇲❤️🇭🇺

[neemnoa]

As a Hungarian when I was in Northern Europe (exact destination not stated on purpose), I wanted to visit a really nice mountain. There was a bus going there regularly, and turns out, the driver was a Romanian, working there. It was almost instant friendship.

We immediately had a bunch of relatable things to talk about, from corrupt politicians, to the weather being terrible to the crops in both our countries, to the roads in Hungary being shit, but the roads in Romania being even shittier. He knew how to say I love you in Hungarian and several other things, because his wife was of Hungarian descent. When we arrived at our destination I thanked him in Romanian, which drew a big smile from him.

But guess what, the lift operator at the foot of the mountain was a Croatian! How did I know? Because he recognized some Hungarian words from me immediately. He said he met a lot of Hungarian tourists back in Croatia and they were always friendly. I told him what a coincidence that "half" of Eastern Europe is meeting here at this random mountain so far away. Well he quickly corrected me Croatia is not Eastern Europe, haha!

Everything was perfectly friendly. This is the real world. Not the bitter comments you might read here, or on other social media. Don't give in to corrupt politicians trying to win some votes by talking shit about your neighbors!

(Bonus: I met a mountain tour-guide in Slovenia who also immediately started talking about Budapest as soon as he learned I was Hungarian. I asked him which places he visited: the parliament, the castle, the fisherman's bastion? He said only strip clubs but they were f***ing great :D )

[Player-sthn]

Interesting video topic to cover. Like Poland, Hungary seems to have had very bad luck throughout history! But the fact they survived their harsh history is amazing, as so many nations and empires vanish instead.

[min]

Fun fact: after World war II Czechoslovakia acquired parts of Hungarian territory with an area of ​​65.52 km... these territories are located south of Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia. It was joined to Czechoslovakia on October 15, 1947 on the basis of the Paris Peace Conference, it should have been to enable the construction of the port of Bratislava on the Danube. At that time, from the national point of view, it was a predominantly national Croatian villages

[David-luix]

The Principality of Upper Hungary was only a short lived renegade state rebbelling against royal Habsburg rule supported by the Ottomans.
While the Principality of Transylvania, sometimes refered to as Eastern Hungary in english sources became a stable Ottoman vassal, a rival of royal Hungary. Transylvania's rule extended into eastern Hungary and was ruled by a protestant Hungarian elite.

[Saezi]

I watch every one of your videos for about 2 years, I really enjoy them, thank you for making a Hungary related one! Cheers (or Egészségedre ) from Hungary!

[tamasdupcsak]

8:20 It's actually the Principality of Transylvania, not Upper Hungary. The last sovereign monarch of Hungary, King John Szapolyai I. fled to Transylvania, estabilishing the Kingdom of Eastern Hungary. His son could've maintained that title, but decided not to, so he became the first voivode of Transylvania instead. Upper Hungary later gained 'independence', and was ruled by a different prince, than that of Transylvania's. Both had de-facto independencd, but were Ottoman vassals.

[mvg]

Could have mentioned that hungary and croatia were in personal union. It was not hungarian territory, just 2 kingdoms ruled by the same king

[pedrocavalcante]

Hungary is an interesting country. I would very much like to visit that country.

[stipe]

Hungary and Croatia had the same king because wife of last Croatian King was Hungarian and the nobles accepted that king "Pacta Conventa" but in reallity Croatia always had its own parliament and autonomy.