See also:

• SZEKESFEHERVAR (Ger., Stuhlweissenburg, Lat., Alba Regalis or Alba Regia)

SZEKESFEHERVAR (Ger., Stuhlweissenburg, See also:

• LAT

Lat., See also:

• ALBA

Alba Regalis or Alba Regia)  , a See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• HUNGARY
• HUNGARY (Hungarian Magyarorszdg)

Hungary, See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital of the See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county of See also:

• FEJER, GYORGY (1766–1851)

Fejer, 41 m . S.W. of See also:

• BUDAPEST

Budapest by See also:

• RAIL

rail . Pop . (1900), 30,451 . It is situated in a marshy See also:

• PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain and is a well-built and prosperous town . See also:

• SZEKESFEHERVAR (Ger., Stuhlweissenburg, Lat., Alba Regalis or Alba Regia)

Szekesfehervar is the seat of a See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic bishopric, one of the See also:

• OLDEST

oldest in the See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country, and was formerly a town of See also:

• GREAT

great importance, being the See also:

• CORONATION (Lat. corona, crown)

coronation and See also:

• BURIAL

burial See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of the Hungarian See also:

• KINGS, FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF

kings from the loth to the 16th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century . Amongst its See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal buildings are the See also:

• CATHEDRAL

cathedral, the episcopal See also:

• PALACE (Lat. Palatium, the name given by Augustus to his residence on the Palatine Hill)

palace, several convents, of which the most noteworthy is the Jesuit See also:

• CONVENT (Lat. conventus, from convenire, to come together)

convent, now a Cistercian secondary school with a handsome See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church, and the county See also:

• HALL
• HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
• HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
• HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
• HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
• HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
• HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
• HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
• HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
• HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
• HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
• HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
• HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
• HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
• HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
• HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
• HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
• HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)

hall . The town carries on a brisk See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade in See also:

• WINE (Lat. vinum, Gr. oivos)

wine, See also:

• FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit and horses, and is one of the principal centres of See also:

• HORSE (a word common to Teutonic languages in such forms as hors, hros, ros; cf. the Ger. ross)

horse-breeding in Hungary . Szekesfehervar is one of the oldest towns of Hungary, in which St See also:

• STEPHEN
• STEPHEN (1097?-1154)
• STEPHEN (ISTVAN) BATHORY (1533-1586)
• STEPHEN, SIR JAMES (1789-1859)
• STEPHEN, SIR JAMES FITZJAMES, BART
• STEPHEN, SIR LESLIE (1832-1904)

Stephen, the first See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of Hungary, built a church, which served as the coronation church for the Hungarian kings . In the same church some fifteen kings were buried . In 1543 it See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell into the hands of the See also:

• TURKS

Turks, under whom it remained until 1686 . Before evacuating it, the Turks plundered the tombs of the kings, destroyed the old church and several other buildings, and burnt the archives .

Several sarcophagi of the kings, and the See also:

• FOUNDATIONS

foundations of the old church, have been found by excavation beneath the cathedral .