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[Character Name] Hungary (Elizaveta Héderváry)
[Canon] Axis Power Hetalia
[Point Taken from Canon] Pre World War I so sometime in 1914.
[Age] 20something? XD Actually like 1000 something years old.
[Gender] Female
[Sexual Orientation] Hetero
[Eye Color] Green
[Hair Color] Brown
[Height] Shorter than Austria lol :|
[Other] Nothing really. Except that she's a country.
[Clothing] Hungary can be seen in something similar to this or a dress from her home land and she always has a flower in her hair.
This is also the what she looks like at the time she's take from.
[Background]
While it has been disputed before, the origin of the name originated from when the Magyar tribes were a part of an alliance called On-Ogour which meant, “The Ten Arrows”. Hungary was settled in 896 and is one of the oldest countries in Europe, ruled by a Magyar chieftain by the name of Arpad whose great grandson, Stephan I of Hungary, would rule the throne.
Even after settling and properly securing the Carpathian Basin from the Bulgarians and the Moravians, there was still a large threat from Christian nations in the west. The Hungarians quickly reacted against this threat, and engaged in war with those threats as far as the Iberian Peninsula with their deadly tactic of relying on light horsemen who had mastered the reflex bow. While this had a devastating affect, Hungary eventually suffered a large defeat against the force of united Germany and Bohermian force. Geza, the fejedelem (ruling prince), took this information in and decided that it would be wise to make Hungary into a Christian empire so as to rebuild their political and social model. Stephan of Hungary I ascended to the throne in December 1000AD. He successfully had solidified his power and was beginning to eliminate all rivals who wanted to return to their old alliance with the Eastern Christian Empire. Once that had been completed, he began to use his power to sweep through the country with reforms, also instilling forced Christianization.
Hungary became a strong country through Stephan’s rule and decisions while he was on the throne. He modeled a Frankish administrative model that would divide the land into countries under different royal officials who reported back to him. It was very much like a lord who represented Stephan’s authority. This helped contribute to Hungary’s success in fending off attacks from both Germany and any kings from the East. They did however integrate some of the Germans after the Battle of Mohi and ended up conquering Croatia in 1091. It was only under the rule of Bela IV of Hungary did the country see another major blow from the Mongols in the battle of Mohi in 1241. More than half of Hungary’s population was annihilated by the Mongols, which led to Hungary extending the invitation to the Germans who were currently living in Transylvania. Around this same time, some 200,000 Cumans were driven from their homes in the Carpathian Mountains and appealed to Bela for protection who agreed to do so. Their many stone castles were the only thing that would be able to withhold the attack against the Mongols, and as a result, Bela ordered that they be constructed in all the towns to provide defense against another possible Mongol invasion. This prediction proved to be true when they returned in 1286 and failed to successfully overtake them. Even though these stone castles would prove to be useful again during the Ottoman Empire, Hungary’s royal power was once again weakened.
The Arpad’s blood line only survived until 1301 until being passed down to the first Angevin king, Charles I of Hungary. He successfully restored the royal power and defeated the oligarch rivals and managed to install new customs as well as monetary policies. One of his primary sources of wealth and power came from the gold mines that were scattered in east and northern Hungary. At one point, the amount of gold being produced was five times as much as any other European state. During his reign, Charles also created an alliance with Casimir III, the king of Poland. Louis I the Great became the second king after and extended Hungary’s territory over the Adriatic Sea, also managing to occupy the territory of Naples several times. The most famous hero of Hungarian literature also came into being at this time: Nicolas Toldi. Hungary came out on top during two wars against Venice which caused Dalmatia and Ragusa to become annexed in addition to some territories in the Adriatic Sea. Hungary however also became confronted with other challenges.
The Ottoman Turks began to confront the country more and more and in 1366 and 1377, Louis led Hungary to success in the Battle at Nicapoli of 1366. In addition to this, Louis also became king of Poland after Casimir III died. When he died without a male successor, the country was only stabilized after years of anarchy when a price from the Luxembourg line came to power after marrying Loui’s daughter, Queen Mary. In 1404, Sigismund introduced a Placetum Regium which decreed that Papal bulls and messages could not be pronounced with the consent of the king. He then went on to create the Council of Constance which abolished the Papal Schism of the Catholic church which was easily solved with the election of a pope. In 1466, parliament elected Janos Hunyadi as governor before electing him regent. Janos proved to be quite the force against the Ottoman Turks when he defeated them in the Siege of Belgrade 1456.
Matthias Corvinus was the last strong king of the Renaissance and he was the only son of John Hunyadi. He was a successful military leader, a phenomenal linguist, a learned astrologer and patron of the arts and learning. He was determined to build a stronger country by expanding both southward and northwest and like his father wanted to make Hungary powerful enough to push back the Ottomans which seemed necessary in conquering large parts of the Holy Roman Empire. Under the leadership of Pal Kinizsi in 1479, Hungary destroyed the Ottoman and Wallachan troops at the Battle of Breadfield. His mercenary standing army soon became to be called the Black Army of Hungary and was an unusually big army for its age managing to capture parts of Austria, Vienna and parts of Bohemia. This however was the only positive thing Hungary would see for a while. Ulaszlo II was notoriously known for his weakness: accepting every word on paper that was put before him. This put Hungary into huge financial difficulties partly to the enlargement of feudal lands at Ulaszlo’s expense.
In another 150 years, the Ottoman Empire would conquer parts of Hungary continuing to expand until 1556. Their big decisive victory was at the Battle of Mohacs in 1526 and the next decades, the Hungarian nobility elected two kings at the same time: Szapolyai Janos and Ferdinand Habsburg. Their feud only further weakened Hungary’s state and by 1541, Hungary was divided into three parts. Royal Hungary, which was the north-western part of Hungary, was annexed by Habsburgs who ruled the throne as King of Hungary. The eastern part which is present day Partium and Transylvania became independent as the Eastern Hungarian Kingdom under Ottoman rule. Most of the central area, which is present day Hungary, was known as the Ottoman Hungary and including the capital Buda. This area was largely a warfare area and became permanently damaged by it. There was a moment where the Hungarian’s spirits lifted during the victory over the Ottomans at the Siege of Eger but the country reminded feuding until the end of 17th century. Over the next few years, Hungary would be seen constantly under siege or in a war of some sort. Hungary entered the Thirty Year’s War; Habsburg joining the catholic side while Transylvania joined the Protestant side. In 1686, another European campaign began to enter Hungary again. The Holy League’s army was twice as large however, and held over 74,000 men including German, Croat, Dutch, Hungarian, English, Spanish, Czech, Italian and French. Buda was taken back successfully and soon all of Hungarian’s former land was restored with the exception of the areas near Timisoara. It was only in 1718 that Hungary was entirely removed from the Ottoman rule.
Between 1604 and 1711 there was a series of anti-Austrian and anti-Catholic uprisings which all took place, except for the last one, in Royal Hungary. Most uprisings were organized in Transylvania and one was even led by II Rakoczi Ferenc after the dethronement of Habsburgs in 1707. At the Battle of Trencsen, the Hungarian Kuruc army lost many battles, but there were still many successful actions. Adam Balogh managed to capture the Austrian Emperor with Kuruc troops. Rakoczi was in Poland when the Austrians defeated the uprising in 1711, before fleeing to France and then Turkey. To make further resistance impossible, the Austrians blew up castles along the border between what used to be occupied by the Ottomans and Royal Hungary. A Reform period began in the 1820’s but progress slow despite having new laws enacted by the Parliament of Hungary. Part of this reason was because the nobles who had the majority of seats in parliament were taking advantage of their privileges such as exemption from taxes. Count Istaven Szechenyi recognized the need for modernization however and got the message through to the rest. In 1825, Hungarian parliament reconvened to handle Hungary’s financial needs. Hungary saw major modernization at that point but was still unable to make important liberal reforms because Habsburgs had been obstructing them.
Demonstrations held in Pest and Buda allowed Hungarian reformists to push a list of 12 demands on March 15, 1848. Austria was dealing with revolution in Vienna at the same time and had to demand Hungarian demands. Under the governor Lajos Kossuth and first Prime minster Lajos Batthyany, Hasburg was dethroned and government as able to change to create the first Republic of Hungary. Emperor Franz Joseph came to power after replacing his uncle Ferdinand I after the Austrian revolution was repressed. Franz and his advisors managed to manipulate the Croatian, Serbian and Romanian peasantry along with priests and officials who were loyal to Habsburgs and made the rebel against the Hungarian government. Hungarians however were supported by many Slovak, German, Rusyn, Jews, Polish and Austrian and Italian volunteers. At first, Hungarian forces were able to defeat Austrian armies but to counter the success of Hungary, Franz Joseph asked help from Czar Nicholas I whose armies invaded Hungary. The power of both the Austrian and Russian Empire’s armies was too great for Hungary and they surrendered in August of 1849. Julius Freiherr von Haynau became governor for Hungary for a few months before ordering the execution of 13 leaders from the Hungarian army as well as Prime Minister Batthyany.
Reforms were inevitable to secure the Habsburg Empire due to many external and internal problems. The Battle of Koniggratz in 1866 forced the Emperor to seriously consider these internal reforms and as a result he made a deal with Hungary called the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867. While the two realms would be governed by two separate parliaments, the Monarchy would be common as would external and military policies. Economy too was brought into this and the first Prime minister of Hungary became Count Gyula Andrassy. Hungary’s old Constitution was restored and Franz Joseph was crowned as King of Hungary. After this union, Hungary’s economy became more stable even though remaining agriculture dominant. Austria-Hungary would soon see war again in World War I.
[Personality]
Despite her girlish looks, Elizaveta has the heart of a warrior and is a strong woman which makes sense taking into consideration that everything her country has gone through. While she in introverted, Hungary is an extremely hard worker trying her best to do everything to make those that she loves happy. It would make sense then to ask why she married Austria of all people. Their two personalities seem different in every single way. While he is strict and serious most of the time; Hungary seems to breathe a sense of life and joy into everything she does. She would much rather spend time outside riding around outside on horses than sit around acting like a lady all day making her a bit of a tomboy. During her childhood, she spent her days out in the wood beating people up for example with Prussia even though their relationship now is little to be desired. It wasn't even until she hit puberty that she realized that she was girl -- that whole time as a child, Hungary thought she was a boy. Despite all this, Hungary loves Austria and seems willing to change for him.
Underneath her maiden’s heart though, Hungary is a fierce warrior who knows how to hold her own even if holding her own means bashing the heck out of something with a frying pan. Her country had gone through its share of wars and Hungary has grown quite adapt at protecting it. This would lead to her determination to protect those that she loves. She is very capable of taking care of things and really does wear the pants in her relationship with Austria. Her temper has been known to lash out, but it does take some time to coax out. It’s more likely to come out if something is happening to her dear Austria or the people that she loves.
She also has a bit of soft spot for cute boys which is thanks to the fact that Hungary is a mecca for gay videos. While I did mention she is protective of her husband, she isn’t above watching Austria get possibly seduced before jumping in to save the day.
[Specialties/Abilities]
Beating people up with her frying pan, being a creeper and sucking at house hold chores.
Kay but seriously. Hungary from what I can take probably tries her very hardest to be the best wife for Austria that she can, but for some reason, the whole housewife image doesn’t suit her. She is a tomboy at heart and sadly isn’t very good at household chores despite her previous occupation of a maid in Austria’s house. Folding clothes? Can’t do it. Cooking? Well a bit, but the majority turns into a big mess. On the other hand though, she is fully capable of fighting with weapons like swords and a bow and arrow. Through all her battles Hungary has also learned to ride a horse as well as anyone. It can be assumed also that since Hungary is a country she can speak Coration, Hungarian, a bit of German, Slovene and can probably understand any other language spoken thanks to the Austria-Hungary alliance. And ohyea, she’s actually a country so that makes her slightly more durable than most human beings.
[Affection] Hungary is basically in love with her husband Austria and won't allow any really intimate forms of affection towards her. I don't suggest trying, she may hit you with her frying pan if you're really forward, but hugs should be alright. She's more than likely to be all over you in hugs if you're cute though~
[Fighting] Despite looking quite girly, Hungary can hold her own in fighting. She may not look it but she is a bit of a tomboy and can ride on horseback, shoot with a bow and arrow and fight with a sword as well as any other man could. Hungary is a bit more durable than most because she is a country but ping me before doing anything drastic to her =]
[Other Facts] Hungary is married to Austria and basically wears the pants in the relationship =] Oh right, she also loves cute boys, hot springs and has her frying pan with her just about 24/7.
[Canon] Axis Power Hetalia
[Point Taken from Canon] Pre World War I so sometime in 1914.
[Age] 20something? XD Actually like 1000 something years old.
[Gender] Female
[Sexual Orientation] Hetero
[Eye Color] Green
[Hair Color] Brown
[Height] Shorter than Austria lol :|
[Other] Nothing really. Except that she's a country.
[Clothing] Hungary can be seen in something similar to this or a dress from her home land and she always has a flower in her hair.
This is also the what she looks like at the time she's take from.
[Background]
While it has been disputed before, the origin of the name originated from when the Magyar tribes were a part of an alliance called On-Ogour which meant, “The Ten Arrows”. Hungary was settled in 896 and is one of the oldest countries in Europe, ruled by a Magyar chieftain by the name of Arpad whose great grandson, Stephan I of Hungary, would rule the throne.
Even after settling and properly securing the Carpathian Basin from the Bulgarians and the Moravians, there was still a large threat from Christian nations in the west. The Hungarians quickly reacted against this threat, and engaged in war with those threats as far as the Iberian Peninsula with their deadly tactic of relying on light horsemen who had mastered the reflex bow. While this had a devastating affect, Hungary eventually suffered a large defeat against the force of united Germany and Bohermian force. Geza, the fejedelem (ruling prince), took this information in and decided that it would be wise to make Hungary into a Christian empire so as to rebuild their political and social model. Stephan of Hungary I ascended to the throne in December 1000AD. He successfully had solidified his power and was beginning to eliminate all rivals who wanted to return to their old alliance with the Eastern Christian Empire. Once that had been completed, he began to use his power to sweep through the country with reforms, also instilling forced Christianization.
Hungary became a strong country through Stephan’s rule and decisions while he was on the throne. He modeled a Frankish administrative model that would divide the land into countries under different royal officials who reported back to him. It was very much like a lord who represented Stephan’s authority. This helped contribute to Hungary’s success in fending off attacks from both Germany and any kings from the East. They did however integrate some of the Germans after the Battle of Mohi and ended up conquering Croatia in 1091. It was only under the rule of Bela IV of Hungary did the country see another major blow from the Mongols in the battle of Mohi in 1241. More than half of Hungary’s population was annihilated by the Mongols, which led to Hungary extending the invitation to the Germans who were currently living in Transylvania. Around this same time, some 200,000 Cumans were driven from their homes in the Carpathian Mountains and appealed to Bela for protection who agreed to do so. Their many stone castles were the only thing that would be able to withhold the attack against the Mongols, and as a result, Bela ordered that they be constructed in all the towns to provide defense against another possible Mongol invasion. This prediction proved to be true when they returned in 1286 and failed to successfully overtake them. Even though these stone castles would prove to be useful again during the Ottoman Empire, Hungary’s royal power was once again weakened.
The Arpad’s blood line only survived until 1301 until being passed down to the first Angevin king, Charles I of Hungary. He successfully restored the royal power and defeated the oligarch rivals and managed to install new customs as well as monetary policies. One of his primary sources of wealth and power came from the gold mines that were scattered in east and northern Hungary. At one point, the amount of gold being produced was five times as much as any other European state. During his reign, Charles also created an alliance with Casimir III, the king of Poland. Louis I the Great became the second king after and extended Hungary’s territory over the Adriatic Sea, also managing to occupy the territory of Naples several times. The most famous hero of Hungarian literature also came into being at this time: Nicolas Toldi. Hungary came out on top during two wars against Venice which caused Dalmatia and Ragusa to become annexed in addition to some territories in the Adriatic Sea. Hungary however also became confronted with other challenges.
The Ottoman Turks began to confront the country more and more and in 1366 and 1377, Louis led Hungary to success in the Battle at Nicapoli of 1366. In addition to this, Louis also became king of Poland after Casimir III died. When he died without a male successor, the country was only stabilized after years of anarchy when a price from the Luxembourg line came to power after marrying Loui’s daughter, Queen Mary. In 1404, Sigismund introduced a Placetum Regium which decreed that Papal bulls and messages could not be pronounced with the consent of the king. He then went on to create the Council of Constance which abolished the Papal Schism of the Catholic church which was easily solved with the election of a pope. In 1466, parliament elected Janos Hunyadi as governor before electing him regent. Janos proved to be quite the force against the Ottoman Turks when he defeated them in the Siege of Belgrade 1456.
Matthias Corvinus was the last strong king of the Renaissance and he was the only son of John Hunyadi. He was a successful military leader, a phenomenal linguist, a learned astrologer and patron of the arts and learning. He was determined to build a stronger country by expanding both southward and northwest and like his father wanted to make Hungary powerful enough to push back the Ottomans which seemed necessary in conquering large parts of the Holy Roman Empire. Under the leadership of Pal Kinizsi in 1479, Hungary destroyed the Ottoman and Wallachan troops at the Battle of Breadfield. His mercenary standing army soon became to be called the Black Army of Hungary and was an unusually big army for its age managing to capture parts of Austria, Vienna and parts of Bohemia. This however was the only positive thing Hungary would see for a while. Ulaszlo II was notoriously known for his weakness: accepting every word on paper that was put before him. This put Hungary into huge financial difficulties partly to the enlargement of feudal lands at Ulaszlo’s expense.
In another 150 years, the Ottoman Empire would conquer parts of Hungary continuing to expand until 1556. Their big decisive victory was at the Battle of Mohacs in 1526 and the next decades, the Hungarian nobility elected two kings at the same time: Szapolyai Janos and Ferdinand Habsburg. Their feud only further weakened Hungary’s state and by 1541, Hungary was divided into three parts. Royal Hungary, which was the north-western part of Hungary, was annexed by Habsburgs who ruled the throne as King of Hungary. The eastern part which is present day Partium and Transylvania became independent as the Eastern Hungarian Kingdom under Ottoman rule. Most of the central area, which is present day Hungary, was known as the Ottoman Hungary and including the capital Buda. This area was largely a warfare area and became permanently damaged by it. There was a moment where the Hungarian’s spirits lifted during the victory over the Ottomans at the Siege of Eger but the country reminded feuding until the end of 17th century. Over the next few years, Hungary would be seen constantly under siege or in a war of some sort. Hungary entered the Thirty Year’s War; Habsburg joining the catholic side while Transylvania joined the Protestant side. In 1686, another European campaign began to enter Hungary again. The Holy League’s army was twice as large however, and held over 74,000 men including German, Croat, Dutch, Hungarian, English, Spanish, Czech, Italian and French. Buda was taken back successfully and soon all of Hungarian’s former land was restored with the exception of the areas near Timisoara. It was only in 1718 that Hungary was entirely removed from the Ottoman rule.
Between 1604 and 1711 there was a series of anti-Austrian and anti-Catholic uprisings which all took place, except for the last one, in Royal Hungary. Most uprisings were organized in Transylvania and one was even led by II Rakoczi Ferenc after the dethronement of Habsburgs in 1707. At the Battle of Trencsen, the Hungarian Kuruc army lost many battles, but there were still many successful actions. Adam Balogh managed to capture the Austrian Emperor with Kuruc troops. Rakoczi was in Poland when the Austrians defeated the uprising in 1711, before fleeing to France and then Turkey. To make further resistance impossible, the Austrians blew up castles along the border between what used to be occupied by the Ottomans and Royal Hungary. A Reform period began in the 1820’s but progress slow despite having new laws enacted by the Parliament of Hungary. Part of this reason was because the nobles who had the majority of seats in parliament were taking advantage of their privileges such as exemption from taxes. Count Istaven Szechenyi recognized the need for modernization however and got the message through to the rest. In 1825, Hungarian parliament reconvened to handle Hungary’s financial needs. Hungary saw major modernization at that point but was still unable to make important liberal reforms because Habsburgs had been obstructing them.
Demonstrations held in Pest and Buda allowed Hungarian reformists to push a list of 12 demands on March 15, 1848. Austria was dealing with revolution in Vienna at the same time and had to demand Hungarian demands. Under the governor Lajos Kossuth and first Prime minster Lajos Batthyany, Hasburg was dethroned and government as able to change to create the first Republic of Hungary. Emperor Franz Joseph came to power after replacing his uncle Ferdinand I after the Austrian revolution was repressed. Franz and his advisors managed to manipulate the Croatian, Serbian and Romanian peasantry along with priests and officials who were loyal to Habsburgs and made the rebel against the Hungarian government. Hungarians however were supported by many Slovak, German, Rusyn, Jews, Polish and Austrian and Italian volunteers. At first, Hungarian forces were able to defeat Austrian armies but to counter the success of Hungary, Franz Joseph asked help from Czar Nicholas I whose armies invaded Hungary. The power of both the Austrian and Russian Empire’s armies was too great for Hungary and they surrendered in August of 1849. Julius Freiherr von Haynau became governor for Hungary for a few months before ordering the execution of 13 leaders from the Hungarian army as well as Prime Minister Batthyany.
Reforms were inevitable to secure the Habsburg Empire due to many external and internal problems. The Battle of Koniggratz in 1866 forced the Emperor to seriously consider these internal reforms and as a result he made a deal with Hungary called the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867. While the two realms would be governed by two separate parliaments, the Monarchy would be common as would external and military policies. Economy too was brought into this and the first Prime minister of Hungary became Count Gyula Andrassy. Hungary’s old Constitution was restored and Franz Joseph was crowned as King of Hungary. After this union, Hungary’s economy became more stable even though remaining agriculture dominant. Austria-Hungary would soon see war again in World War I.
[Personality]
Despite her girlish looks, Elizaveta has the heart of a warrior and is a strong woman which makes sense taking into consideration that everything her country has gone through. While she in introverted, Hungary is an extremely hard worker trying her best to do everything to make those that she loves happy. It would make sense then to ask why she married Austria of all people. Their two personalities seem different in every single way. While he is strict and serious most of the time; Hungary seems to breathe a sense of life and joy into everything she does. She would much rather spend time outside riding around outside on horses than sit around acting like a lady all day making her a bit of a tomboy. During her childhood, she spent her days out in the wood beating people up for example with Prussia even though their relationship now is little to be desired. It wasn't even until she hit puberty that she realized that she was girl -- that whole time as a child, Hungary thought she was a boy. Despite all this, Hungary loves Austria and seems willing to change for him.
Underneath her maiden’s heart though, Hungary is a fierce warrior who knows how to hold her own even if holding her own means bashing the heck out of something with a frying pan. Her country had gone through its share of wars and Hungary has grown quite adapt at protecting it. This would lead to her determination to protect those that she loves. She is very capable of taking care of things and really does wear the pants in her relationship with Austria. Her temper has been known to lash out, but it does take some time to coax out. It’s more likely to come out if something is happening to her dear Austria or the people that she loves.
She also has a bit of soft spot for cute boys which is thanks to the fact that Hungary is a mecca for gay videos. While I did mention she is protective of her husband, she isn’t above watching Austria get possibly seduced before jumping in to save the day.
[Specialties/Abilities]
Beating people up with her frying pan, being a creeper and sucking at house hold chores.
Kay but seriously. Hungary from what I can take probably tries her very hardest to be the best wife for Austria that she can, but for some reason, the whole housewife image doesn’t suit her. She is a tomboy at heart and sadly isn’t very good at household chores despite her previous occupation of a maid in Austria’s house. Folding clothes? Can’t do it. Cooking? Well a bit, but the majority turns into a big mess. On the other hand though, she is fully capable of fighting with weapons like swords and a bow and arrow. Through all her battles Hungary has also learned to ride a horse as well as anyone. It can be assumed also that since Hungary is a country she can speak Coration, Hungarian, a bit of German, Slovene and can probably understand any other language spoken thanks to the Austria-Hungary alliance. And ohyea, she’s actually a country so that makes her slightly more durable than most human beings.
[Affection] Hungary is basically in love with her husband Austria and won't allow any really intimate forms of affection towards her. I don't suggest trying, she may hit you with her frying pan if you're really forward, but hugs should be alright. She's more than likely to be all over you in hugs if you're cute though~
[Fighting] Despite looking quite girly, Hungary can hold her own in fighting. She may not look it but she is a bit of a tomboy and can ride on horseback, shoot with a bow and arrow and fight with a sword as well as any other man could. Hungary is a bit more durable than most because she is a country but ping me before doing anything drastic to her =]
[Other Facts] Hungary is married to Austria and basically wears the pants in the relationship =] Oh right, she also loves cute boys, hot springs and has her frying pan with her just about 24/7.