Treaty of Weissenburg
The Treaty of Weissenburg (German: Vertrag von Weißenburg or Weißenburger Vertrag) declared Archduke Ferdinand of Austria the ruler of Royal Hungary and Transylvania. It was signed in Weissenburg (Gyulafehérvár) on July 19, 1551. The territory had previously been ruled by John Zápolya's widow, Isabella Jagiełło.
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Further reading
- Turba, Gustav; C. Fromme (1903). Geschichte des thronfolgerechtes in allen habsburgischen Ländern bis zur pragmatischen Sanktion: Kaiser Karls VI: 1156 bis 1732 (in German). Stanford University.
- Volkmer, Gerald (2002). Das Fürstentum Siebenbürgen 1541-1691. Außenpolitik und völkerrechtliche Stellung (in German). Heidelberg: Arbeitskreis für Siebenbürgische Landeskunde.
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