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 19 July 1551. The territory had previously been ruled by John Zápolya's widow, Isabella Jagiełło.

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  • 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.


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