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On 6 November 1921 the Diet of Hungary passed a law nullifying the Pragmatic Sanction of 1713, dethroning Charles IV and abolishing the House of Habsburg's rights to the throne of Hungary. Hungary was a kingdom without royalty. With civil unrest too great to select a new king, it was decided to confirm Horthy as Regent of Hungary.
Miklós Horthy de Nagybánya was born at Kenderes to an untitled lower nobility, descended from István Horti, ennobled by King Ferdinand II in 1635. [15] His father, István Horthy de Nagybánya (not to be confused with István Horthy, Horthy's eldest son), was a member of the House of Magnates, the upper chamber of the Diet of Hungary, and lord of a 610-hectare (1,500-acre) estate. [16]
The estate centred on the Baroque manor house passed in the nineteenth century to the Hódosy and Borbély families before it was inherited by the Horthy family in 1850. Miklós Horthy was born here and reburied here after the Revolutions of 1989, the dissolution of the Warsaw Pact and the withdrawal of Russian/Soviet troops. His will stated ...
6 August - Inter-Allied General Committee publishes the plan for the transfer of Burgerland from Hungary to Austria in 3 stages (A, B and C Zone). [8] 9-10 August - Pact between Czechoslovakia and Austria. Czechoslovakia would support Austrian territorial claims and LoN loan, Austria denounces Habsburg restoration attempts. [1]
The regent of Hungary was a position established in 1446 and renewed in 1920. It was held by Admiral Miklós Horthy until 1944. Under Hungary's constitution there were two regents, one a regent of the ruling house, called the Nádor, and another called "Kormányzó" (which can mean "governor").
Pelényi, John. "The Secret Plan for a Hungarian Government in the West at the Outbreak of World War II." Journal of Modern History 36.2 (1964): 170-177. online; Sakmyster, Thomas L. Hungary's Admiral on Horseback: Milós Horthy, 1918-1944 (Eastern European Monographs, 1994). Sakmyster, Thomas. "Miklos Horthy aud the Allies, 1945-1946: Two ...
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Ein Leben für Ungarn (A Life for Hungary) are the memoirs of Nikolaus von Horthy (also known as Miklós Horthy), Regent of Hungary. [1] They were published in German under the name of Nikolaus von Horthy when he was exiled in Portugal after World War II. In his memoirs, Horthy recounted personal experiences from his youth until the end of ...