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| 1047–60 |
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| Andrew I, who managed to restore the royal power. | 1 |
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| 1049–52 |
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| The three campaigns of Emperor Henry III against the Hungarians. Andrew managed to hold his own, and in 1058 the emperor recognized Hungary's independence from the empire. | 2 |
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| 1061–63 |
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| Bela I, brother of Andrew and popular hero of the campaigns against the Germans. | 3 |
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| 1074–77 |
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| Geza I. | 4 |
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| 1077–95 |
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| ST. LADISLAS (László) I (canonized 1192), the first great king after St. Stephen. He supported the pope in his conflicts with the emperor, and at home restored order and prosperity. | 5 |
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| 1095–1116 |
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| Coloman (Kalman) I. Another strong ruler. | 6 |
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| 1097–1102 |
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| Coloman conquered Dalmatia from the Venetian Republic. Thus practically the whole of Croatia was incorporated into Hungary and came to be governed for the king by a ban (viceroy). Nevertheless, the Croat landed magnates preserved their local assembly, while the Adriatic port of Dubrovnik (Ragusa) gradually emerged as an independent city-republic with strong commercial positions in southeastern Europe. | 7 |
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| 1116–31 |
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| Stephen II, in whose reign the dynastic struggles were resumed. | 8 |
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| 1141–62 |
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| Geza II. Intestine conflicts were greatly complicated by the efforts of the Greek emperor, Manual I, to extend his sway over Hungary. | 9 |
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| 1150 |
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| Saxon settlement (i.e., Germans from the Moselle region) in the Zips and southern Transylvania regions. They were called in to help defend the frontiers against Poland and Byzantium, and had much to do with developing agriculture, trade, and townbuilding. In this period many Pechenegs and Szeklers were also established for frontier protection. | 10 |
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| 1173–96 |
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| BELA III, who had been educated at Constantinople. He married the sister of Philip Augustus of France and established a close dynastic connection with France. Bela was a strong ruler who successfully defended Dalmatia against Venice. | 11 |
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| 1196–1204 |
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| Emeric (Imre) I, whose position was challenged by his brother Andrew. | 12 |
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