celebrity.estateAn EGRET.LAW propertyWorld map3D timeline
Home / Places / Hungary
Country

Hungary

Every case set in what is now Hungary, best-known first. Cities, states and old kingdoms count under the country that holds them today.

EuropeEvery country

Cases in Hungary

Best-known first. Each card opens the full cited case.

Cases
7
Years
567 to 1980
Region
Europe
Main subjects
Heirlooms and treasure, Jailed and executed, European families, Foundations
Updated
30 October 2026
301-es parcella 1988: 301-es parcella (1988)1958 · Budapest, HungaryHungary hanged Imre Nagy in 1958 and buried him face down under a woman's name, and over 200,000 people came to his reburial in 1989Imre Nagy was Hungary's prime minister during the 1956 revolution. After Soviet troops crushed it, János Kádár's government tried him in secret for treason.301.nori.gov.hu and 2 moreCrown, Sword and Globus Cruciger of Hungary-edit: Espada, cetro, orbe y corona de San Esteban de Hungría1945 · Mattsee, Austria; Fort Knox, Kentucky, USA; Budapest, HungarHungary's crown guard handed the Holy Crown to the US Army in 1945, it sat in Fort Knox for 33 years, and Carter gave it to a communist governmentThe Holy Crown of St Stephen is the crown of the Hungarian kings. In 1945 the Hungarian Crown Guard took the regalia west to keep them from the Soviet army.history.state.gov and 3 moreBudapest, Hungarian National Museum, Seuso treasure, ewer: Budapest, Hungarian National Museum, Seuso treasure, ewer, 4th century1980 · Polgárdi, Fejér County, HungaryA Hungarian soldier was found hanged beside an empty pit in 1980, and the Roman silver he is believed to have dug up sold for €43 millionThe Sevso Treasure is 14 large Roman silver vessels of the 4th or 5th century. One plate is inscribed to a man named Sevso.plone.unige.ch and 3 moreWerner Herzog: Werner Herzog-92901934 · HungaryHungary seized Baron Herzog's collection of 2,000 artworks in 1944, and US courts ended his heirs' 15-year lawsuit in 2026Baron Mór Lipót Herzog assembled more than 2,000 paintings, sculptures and objects, the largest private collection in Hungary, with works by El Greco, Velázquez, Renoir and Monet.CourtListener and 5 moreMaurice de Hirsch: Baron hirsch1896 · near Érsekújvár, Hungary (now Nové Zámky, Slovakia)Baron Maurice de Hirsch left his fortune to his widow, who gave it away and passed the rest to an adopted sonMaurice de Hirsch made his fortune building the Oriental Railway to Constantinople. His only child, Lucien, died in 1887 aged 30.jewishencyclopedia.com and 4 moreHungarian Crown Regalia: The Crown, Sword, and Scepter within the Hungarian Parliament Building (Országház) Budapest, Hungary1439 · Visegrád, HungaryA lady-in-waiting stole the Holy Crown of Hungary in 1440 so a baby born hours later could be crowned kingKing Albert II of Hungary died on 27 October 1439. His widow, Queen Elisabeth, was about five months pregnant. Hungarian nobles wanted her to marry the 16-year-old King Władysław III of Poland. She refused and waited for a son.germanhistorydocs.org and 5 moreBelt Mount: Avar; Belt fitting; Metalwork-Copper567 · Rákóczifalva, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok, Hungary (with three otheAvar family trees show widows taken by their husband's son or brother, and one male line that vanished from its own cemeteryIn April 2024 a team led by Zuzana Hofmanová and Guido Alberto Gnecchi-Ruscone published genomes of 424 people from four fully excavated Avar cemeteries in Nature. About 300 had a parent, child or sibling in the same cemetery.europepmc.org and 2 more