Editing List of Hungarian monarchs (section)

=== House of Zápolya (1540–1570) ===
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! width="14%" | Name<hr />Reign<hr />Coronation
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! width="14%" | Birth<hr />Parentage
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! colspan="7" style="background:#ccccff" |[[House of Zápolya]] (1540–1570)
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| style="background:#FCE883" |'''[[John Sigismund Zápolya|<big>John II</big>]]'''<br />''John Sigismund''<br /><small>{{langx|hu|II. János}}</small><br /><small>39th king of Hungary</small><hr />First reign<br />13 September 1540<br />┃<br />19 July 1551<br /><small>(10 years, 310 days)</small><hr />Second reign<br />25 November 1556<br />┃<br />16 August 1570<br /><small>(13 years, 264 days)</small><hr />''Never crowned''
|[[File:Klebebände - János Zsigmond király - 2.jpg|alt=|center|frameless|232x232px]]
|[[File:Zapolyia siedmiogrodzki.png|114x114px]]
|7 July 1540<br />[[Buda]], [[Eastern Hungarian Kingdom]]<hr />Son of [[John Zápolya|John I of Hungary]], and [[Isabella Jagiellon|Isabella of Poland]]
|''Unmarried''
|14 March 1571<br />[[Alba Iulia|Gyulafehérvár]], [[Principality of Transylvania (1570–1711)|Principality of Transylvania]]<br />Aged 30–31<hr />[[St. Michael's Cathedral, Alba Iulia|St. Michael's Cathedral]], [[Alba Iulia|Gyulafehérvár]], [[Principality of Transylvania (1570–1711)|Principality of Transylvania]]
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* First [[List of princes of Transylvania|Prince of Transylvania]] (1570–1571)
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The [[House of Habsburg|Habsburgs]] tried several times to unite all Hungary under their rule, but the [[Ottoman Empire]] prevented that by supporting the [[Eastern Hungarian Kingdom]]. King [[John Zápolya|John I]] died in 1540, the Habsburg forces besieged [[Buda]] the Hungarian capital in 1541, Sultan Suleiman led a relief force and defeated the Habsburgs, the Ottomans captured the city by a trick during the [[Siege of Buda (1541)|Siege of Buda]] and the south central and central areas of the kingdom came under the [[Ottoman Hungary|authority of the Ottoman Empire]], therefore Hungary was divided into three parts''.'' The north-western rim of the Hungarian kingdom remained unconquered and recognised members of the House of Habsburg as [[Kings of Hungary]], giving it the name "[[Royal Hungary]]". The Eastern Hungarian Kingdom is the predecessor of the [[Principality of Transylvania (1570–1711)|Principality of Transylvania]], which was established by the [[Treaty of Speyer (1570)|Treaty of Speyer]] in 1570 and the Eastern Hungarian King became the first [[Prince of Transylvania]]. The Principality of Transylvania was a semi-independent state, and a vassal state of the Ottoman Empire, it continued to be part of the Kingdom of Hungary in the sense of public law, [[John Sigismund Zápolya|John Sigismund's]] possessions belonged to the [[Holy Crown of Hungary]], and was a symbol of the survival of Hungarian statehood.{{See also|List of princes of Transylvania}}