Hungarian nobility

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Hungarian nobility were the hereditary elite of the Kingdom of Hungary, holding extensive political privileges, landownership, and key roles in the country’s feudal and later constitutional institutions.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf hereditary elite
nobility
social class
abolitionOfEstateSystem 20th century land and social reforms in Hungary
country Kingdom of Hungary
declineOfPrivileges Ausgleich of 1867
surface form: Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867

land reforms after World War I
economicBase control of serf labor
large landownership
ethnicComposition Croats
surface form: Croat

German
Hungarians
surface form: Hungarian

Romanians
surface form: Romanian

Serb
Slovak
keyInstitution Hungarian Diet
surface form: Diet of Hungary

Royal Chancellery
Table of Seven (Septemvirate)
county assemblies
language Hungarian language
surface form: Hungarian

Latin
legalFoundation Golden Bull of 1222
Tripartitum of Werbőczy
surface form: Tripartitum of István Werbőczy

feudal customary law of Hungary
legalStatus privileged estate
tax-exempt estate
militaryRole leadership of county militias
provision of mounted warriors
politicalPrivilege exclusive eligibility for high offices
exemption from most direct taxes for centuries
representation in the Diet of Hungary
right to elect the king in early periods
right to participate in county assemblies
politicalRole dominant landowning class
estate of the realm
region Central Europe
religion Calvinism
Lutheranism
Roman Catholicism
socialPrivilege coat of arms
legal protection of honor
use of noble titles
subclass armigerous nobility
county nobility
lesser nobility
magnates
royal barons
timePeriod 19th century
Early Modern period
surface form: Early modern period

Middle Ages
early 20th century

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Hungarian Diet recognizedBy Hungarian nobility
Siege of Szigetvár associatedWith Hungarian nobility
this entity surface form: Croatian–Hungarian nobility
Cuman people integratedInto Hungarian nobility
Polovtsians partiallyIncorporatedInto Hungarian nobility
Falben integratedInto Hungarian nobility
Archbishop Ugrin Csák partOf Hungarian nobility
subject surface form: Ugrin Csák
Trenčín Castle controlledBy Hungarian nobility
Béla culturalAssociation Hungarian nobility
Duke of Slavonia powerBase Hungarian nobility
this entity surface form: Slavonian nobility