Transylvania Pre War
Transylvania is located in the central part of Romania. |
It has the Carpathian Mountains on the east and south, and once upon a time it extended all the way west to the Apuseni Mountains. It was the center of the Kingdom of Dacia that was present in the region from 82 BC to 106 AD. In 106 AD, the Roman Empire captured Transylvania and slowly but surely the Empire started exploiting the region.
The Romans left Transylvania in 271 AD, and after that a series of tribes like the Visigoths, Huns, Gepids, Avars and Bulgars controlled the region. At the end of the 9th century, the Magyars captured Transylvania and went on to consolidate their hold in the region in 1003 with the help of King Stephen I. After that, Transylvania became a duchy under the Kingdom of Hungary until 1526.
With the Battle of Mohacs in 1526, Transylvania gained its independence from Hungary and became an independent principality that was ruled mainly by Hungarian princes. However, in 1566, Hungary was divided between the Habsburg and the Ottoman Empire, and this saw Transylvania becoming an autonomous region under the Turks.
The Habsburg then got Transylvania in 1683 after the Battle of Vienna, but they recognized Hungary's sovereignty over the region; whereas the people of Transylvania recognized the Habsburg Emperor Leopold I. This prompted Transylvania to become an official part of the Habsburg Empire.
After World War I, the Austro-Hungarian Empire slowly started fading, and the Romanians majority in Transylvania elected their own representatives and joined Romania in December 1918. This move was supported by the Allies through the Treaty of Trianon. Hungary protested this move as there was a sizable Hungarian population living in Transylvania. In August 1940, Hungary managed to get back around 40 percent of Transylvania that it had lost but was forced to return the land to Romania in 1945 after the end of World War II.
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