"Crowned" king of Hungary officially claims throne

[fejedelem]

On 30 October József Daka of the Árpád dynasty officialy submitted a claim to the Hungarian parliament and declared himself to be the legitimate crowned king of Hungary.

Daka claims that in the 13th century during the Mongol invasion of Hungary, King Béla IV. gave his daughter in marriage to Mongol khagan Kadan and he descends from this marriage. There is no historical evidence that ever a daughter of King Béla married Kadan.

According to Daka in 1944 he as a child was secretly crowned with the Holy Crown of Hungary by regent Miklós Horthy and Cardinal Jusztinián Serédi.

Historians dismiss his lineage and the coronation alike, but Daka apparently has some popularity.

He styles himself Joseph I, although Hungary already had Joseph I and Joseph II as well.

You can see some pictures and a copy of his official claim here:

kuruc.info/r/6/69243/

www.borsonline.hu/news.php?op&hid=21583

www.freeweb.hu/univerzum-eger/cikkek/arpadhazi.htm

Here is an older short news, before the official declaration. This is in English:

www.pestiside.hu/20090615/king-of-hungary-reveals-himself-to-uninterested-hungarian-republic/

[fejedelem]

www.politics.hu/20101123/man-not-named-orban-petitions-parliament-for-royal-powers-

Some follow-up in English.

[sullyo]

The many descendants of King Stephen V of Hungary would have a better claim to the throne .

[Aidan Work]

Sullyo,
There is only one legitimate claimant to the Hungarian throne - Crown Prince Otto von Hapsburg of Austria-Hungary.

Aidan.