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{{Infobox flag
| Name = Hungary
| Image = Flag of Hungary.svg
| Nickname = {{lang|hu|Piros-fehér-zöld}} ('Red-white-green')
| Use = 110000
| Symbol = {{FIAV|110000}} {{FIAV|normal}}
| Proportion = 1:2
| Adoption = 1848 (original design) 23 May 1957<ref>{{cite web|title=1957. évi II. törvény a Magyar Népköztársaság Alkotmányának módosításáról|trans-title=Act II of 1957 on the Amendment of the Constitution of the Hungarian People's Republic|url=https://hu.wikisource.org/wiki/1957._évi_II._törvény|website=hu.wikisource.org|access-date=23 February 2017|language=hu}}</ref> (as state flag) 19 June 1990<ref>{{cite web|title=1990. évi XL. törvény a Magyar Köztársaság Alkotmányának módosításáról|trans-title=Act XL of 1990 on the Amendment of the Constitution of the Hungarian Republic|url=https://mkogy.jogtar.hu/jogszabaly?docid=99000040.TV|website=Törvények és országgyűlési határozatok|access-date=14 March 2018|language=hu}}</ref> (reaffirmed)
| Design = A equal blank horizontal [[tricolour (flag)|tricolour]] of red, white and green
| Image2 = Civil Ensign of Hungary.svg

| Nickname2 =
| Morenicks2 =
| Use2 = 100100
| Symbol2 = {{FIAV|100100}} {{FIAV|normal}}
| Proportion2 = 2:3
| Adoption2 = 1848 (original design) 18 August 1957<ref>{{cite web|title=51/1957. (VIII. 18.) Korm. számú rendelet a magyar tengeri kereskedelmi hajók lobogójáról.|trans-title=Decree of the Government No. 51/1957. (VIII. 18.) on the Ensign of the Hungarian Maritime Merchant Vessels|url=https://hu.wikisource.org/wiki/51/1957._(VIII._18.)_Korm._számú_rendelet|website=hu.wikisource.org|access-date=23 February 2017|language=hu}}</ref> (as civil ensign)
| Design2 = A equal blank horizontal tricolour of red, white and green
| Image3 = Flag of Hungary with arms (state).svg
| Nickname3 =
| Morenicks3 =
| Use3 = Unofficial [[state flag]]{{NoteTag|The official Hungarian state flag does not contain the Hungarian coat of arms, but the variant [[Defacement (flag)|defaced]] with the coat of arms is often used during solemn occasions.}}
| Symbol3 = {{FIAV|010000}} {{FIAV|variant}}
| Proportion3 = 1:2
| Adoption3 = 10 October 1995<ref>{{cite web|title=1995. évi LXXXIII. törvény a Magyar Köztársaság nemzeti jelképeinek és a Magyar Köztársaságra utaló elnevezésnek a használatáról|trans-title=Act LXXXIII of 1995 on the usage of the national symbols and name of the Hungarian Republic|url=https://mkogy.jogtar.hu/jogszabaly?docid=99500083.TV|website=Törvények és országgyűlési határozatok|access-date=14 March 2018|language=hu}}</ref>
| Design3 = A equal horizontal tricolour of red, white and green with the state coat of arms in the centre.
| Designer3 =
| Image4 = War Flag of Hungary.svg
| Noborder4 = yes
| Nickname4 =
| Morenicks4 =
| Use4 = [[Colours, standards and guidons|Unit colour]]
| Symbol4 = {{FIAV|001000}} {{FIAV|normal}}
| Proportion4 = 6:7
| Adoption4 = 15 March 1991<ref name="Haditechnika">{{cite journal|title=A Magyar Honvédség új felségjelzése és hadilobogói|trans-title=The new insignia and war ensigns of the Hungarian Defence Forces|journal=Haditechnika|date=1991|volume=25|issue=3|page=3–4}}</ref>
| Design4 =
| Designer4 =
| Image5 = Naval Ensign of Hungary.svg
| Nickname5 =
| Morenicks5 =
| Use5 = 000001
| Symbol5 = {{FIAV|000001}} {{FIAV|normal}}
| Proportion5 = 3:4
| Adoption5 = 1991<ref name="Haditechnika"/>
| Design5 =
| Designer5 =
}}
The [[national flag]] of [[Hungary]], also known as the '''Red-White-Green''' ({{langx|hu|Piros-fehér-zöld}}), is an equal horizontal [[tricolour (flag)|tricolour]] of red, white and green. In this exact form, it has been the official flag of Hungary since 23 May 1957. The flag's form originates from national republican movements of the 18th and 19th centuries, while its colours are from the [[Middle Ages]].<ref>Examples of original surviving medieval charters of the Kingdom of Hungary where the seal was attached to the charter using braided cords of red, white and green silk:
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|{{cite web |institution=National Archives of Hungary |url=https://archives.hungaricana.hu/en/charters/view/20568/?pg=0 |id=DL 2205 |title=Charter issued by the Chapter of Eger |date=1323 |via=Hungaricana |access-date=July 19, 2023}}
|{{cite web |institution=National Archives of Hungary |url=https://archives.hungaricana.hu/en/charters/view/206318/?pg=2 |id=DL 100877 |title=Royal charter issued by Matthias Corvinus |date=1477 |via=Hungaricana |access-date=July 19, 2023}}
|{{cite web |institution=National Archives of Hungary |url=https://archives.hungaricana.hu/en/charters/view/222622/?pg=0 |id=DL 81971 |title=Charter issued by Judge royal Stephen VIII Báthory |date=1487 |via=Hungaricana |access-date=July 19, 2023}}
|{{cite web |institution=National Archives of Hungary |url=https://archives.hungaricana.hu/en/charters/view/248672/?pg=3 |id=DL 13582 |title=Royal charter issued by Vladislaus II |date=1501 |via=Hungaricana |access-date=July 19, 2023}}
|{{cite web |institution=National Archives of Hungary |url=https://archives.hungaricana.hu/en/charters/view/255412/?pg=0 |id=DL 70141 |title=Charter issued by Judge royal and Voivode of Transylvania Count Peter Szentgyörgyi |date=1504 |via=Hungaricana |access-date=July 19, 2023}}
|{{cite web |institution=National Archives of Hungary |url=https://archives.hungaricana.hu/en/charters/view/264432/?pg=0 |id=DL 101402 |title=Royal charter issued by Vladislaus II |date=1508 |via=Hungaricana |access-date=July 19, 2023}}
|{{cite web |institution=National Archives of Hungary |url=https://archives.hungaricana.hu/en/charters/view/279592/?pg=0 |id=DL 82435 |title=Charter issued by the Chapter of Pressburg |date=1515 |via=Hungaricana |access-date=July 19, 2023}}
|{{cite web |institution=National Archives of Hungary |url=https://archives.hungaricana.hu/en/charters/view/289487/?pg=1 |id=DL 82532 |title=Royal charter issued by Louis II |date=1519 |via=Hungaricana |access-date=July 19, 2023}}
|{{cite web |institution=National Archives of Hungary |url=https://archives.hungaricana.hu/en/charters/view/306882/?pg=0 |id=DL 24335 |title=Royal charter issued by Louis II |date=1525 |via=Hungaricana |access-date=July 19, 2023}}
|{{cite web |institution=National Archives of Hungary |url=https://archives.hungaricana.hu/en/charters/view/294575/?pg=0 |id=DL 58318 |title=Charter issued by the Chapter of Buda |date=1527 |via=Hungaricana |access-date=July 19, 2023}}
}}</ref><ref>"the Streets, through which the King is to go, being Boarded and covered with White, Green, and Red Cloth" {{Google books|GBRmAAAAcAAJ|"Of the Ceremonies observed in the Coronations of the Kings and Queens of Hungary", The Present State of Hungary (1687). United Kingdom: (n.p.). |pg=PA135|text=the Streets through which the King is to go being Boarded and covered with White Green and Red Cloth}}</ref> The current Hungarian tricolour flag is the same as the [[Republicanism_in_the_United_Kingdom#Revolutionary_republicanism,_1800–1848|republican movement flag]] of the United Kingdom (used since 1816) and the colours in that form were already used at least since the coronation of [[Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor|Leopold II]] in 1790, predating the first use of the [[Cispadane Republic]]'s tricolour in 1797. Along with [[Flag of Poland|Poland]] and [[Flag of the Czech Republic|Czechoslovakia]], it was one of the only three flags of a [[Hungarian People's Republic|socialist country]] in Europe that does not feature coat of arms placed on center.

== History ==
[[File:Képes krónika - A magyarok zászlói.jpg|left|thumb|300x300px|Flags of Hungarians in the ''[[Chronicon Pictum]]:'' [[Turul]], [[Coat of arms of Hungary|Double cross]], [[Árpád stripes]]]]
According to [[List of Hungarian chronicles|medieval Hungarian chronicles]], early Hungarian warriors fought under red banners adorned with a black [[Turul]] bird, a mythological creature associated with Hungarian origin legends. These early military standards were later replaced by flags embroidered with images of Christian saints. For instance, King [[Stephen I of Hungary|Saint Stephen of Hungary]] is said to have gone into battle "under the banner of Saint George and Saint Martin." In the later medieval period, the flag of the Hungarian royal [[Árpád dynasty|House of Árpád]], the [[Árpád stripes]], the red and silver striped flag became increasingly common, occasionally supplemented by the dynastic colors of the reigning royal house.<ref name="Hungarian flag history">{{Cite web |title=A nemzeti zászló történelme |trans-title=History of the national flag |url=https://www.nemzetijelkepek.hu/#zaszlok |website=Magyar Nemzeti és Történelmi Jelképek [Hungarian National and Historical Symbols] (NISZ National Infocommunications Services) |language=Hungarian}}</ref>

Since the 15th century onwards, the combination of red, white, and green began to appear more frequently, particularly as twisted silk cords on official document seals, and sometimes as decorative elements on the edges of military banners. However, it was not until 1806 that the red-white-green color scheme was formally described in the order recognized today. The official adoption of these colors was established by Act XXI of 1848, which for the first time mandated the use of the "red-white-green" [[tricolor flag]] as a [[national symbol]] of [[Hungary]].<ref name="Hungarian flag history" />

==Current flag==
The modern flag of Hungary originated from the national freedom movement from before 1848, which culminated in the [[Hungarian Revolution of 1848]]. The revolution was not only in opposition against the monarchy but also the [[Habsburg monarchy|Habsburg Empire]], as well as to form an independent republic. Accordingly, the modern flag of Hungary features a [[Tricolour (flag) |tricolour]] element based on the [[flag of France]] as a reflection of the ideas of the [[French Revolution of 1848]]; while the red, white, and green colours are derived from the historical [[coat of arms of Hungary|Hungarian coat of arms]], which have essentially remained in the same form since the mid-15th century, with exception to some minor differences, and were [[Heraldry#Marshalling|marshalled]] from arms that first appeared in the late 12th and early 13th century as arms of the [[Árpád dynasty|Árpáds]], Hungary's founding dynasty. The stripes are horizontal rather than vertical to prevent confusion with the [[Italian flag]] despite the banner in that form predating the Italian tricolour by at least 7 years but unlike in Italy, the Italians adopted it as the flag of an Italian state in 1797. According to other data, but no evidence of, the recent form of the Hungarian tricolour had been already used from 1608 at the coronation of [[Mathias II of Hungary]] and following coronations.{{citation needed|date=July 2012}}
Folklore of the romantic period attributed the colours to virtues: red for strength, white for faithfulness and green for hope. Alternatively, red for the blood spilled for the fatherland, white for freedom and green for the land, for the pastures of Hungary. The new constitution, which took effect on 1 January 2012, makes the ''ex-post'' interpretation mentioned first official (in the semi-official translation: strength (''erő''), fidelity (''hűség'') and hope (''remény'')).

===Evolution===
[[File:II. Lipót koronázása 1790.ben és az ősi magyar nemzeti színek.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Hungarian national colours on the wall, Hungarian coronation of [[Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor|Leopold II]] in Pressburg (Pozsony, today's [[Bratislava]]) in 1790, 58 years before the 1848 Hungarian revolution]]

As described above, the red, white and green tricolour clearly emerged as a sign of national sovereignty during the 1848–1849 revolution against the Habsburgs. Hungarian volunteers and Émigrés fought for the social movement and wars of Italian unification under the banner for Garibaldi.<ref>[http://mek.oszk.hu/03400/03407/html/387.html The Weakening of Absolutism: The War in Italy and the Hungarian Émigrés].</ref> After the revolution in Hungary was defeated, the tricolour flag was prohibited by the Austrian Emperor. After the [[Compromise of 1867]], however, the tricolour became not only legal, but also the official flag of Hungary. The flag had the so-called ''minor arms'' (also known as the [[Lajos Kossuth|Kossuth]] [[Hungarian coat of arms|coat of arms]]) of Hungary with archangels as supporters were used as a [[Flag terminology|badge]] on the flag. This configuration was used until the end of the Habsburg Empire in 1918.

After the fall of the Habsburg Empire, the years 1918 to 1920 were highly turbulent, and several hard-to-trace minor changes took place. The red-white-green tricolour stayed the same, but small differences emerged in terms of the badge. A short interlude and exception was the 1919 [[Hungarian Soviet Republic]], which lasted for four-and-a-half months; it used a solid red banner.

It seems that from 1920 to 1944–1945 the tricolour displayed the ''minor arms'' of Hungary, but the version without them was also used.

Between 1946 and 1949 the crown was removed from the top of the arms serving as the badge.

With the onset of Communist rule in 1949, a new coat of arms featuring a Communist [[red star]] was placed on the flag as the badge.

During the [[Hungarian Revolution of 1956|anti-Soviet uprising in 1956]], revolutionaries cut out the Hammer and Wheat emblem and used the resulting tricolour with a hole in the middle as the symbol of the revolution. For some months the new government changed the flag to bear the ''minor arms'' without the crown as the badge again.

In 1957, after the revolution was defeated by the Soviet Red Army, the new government created a "new" coat of arms, which however was never officially put onto the flag. Therefore, the official flag of Hungary has been a pure red-white-green tricolour since 1957.

After the [[Revolutions of 1989|fall of communism in 1989]] there was no need to change the flag, as like the flags of [[Flag of Poland|Poland]] and [[Flag of the Czech Republic|Czechoslovakia]], it did not bear any communist insignia.

There was a recommendation of the Committee of Symbols in the 2000s, that the coat of arms should be part of the state flag, while the national flag should remain plain (as is the status quo).<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Halasz |first1=Ivan |last2=Schweitzer |first2=Gabor |title=National and State Symbols in the Hungarian Legal System (Excerpts) |journal=Legal Compass |date=16 March 2011 |page=3 |url=http://jog.tk.mta.hu/uploads/files/Jogi_Iranytu/Jogi_Iranytu_2011_Spec_Halasz_Schweitzer2.pdf}}</ref> This has not been implemented in law, though in case of most state use the arms are legally permitted on the flag (see below).

===Exact description and legislature===
The [[Hungarian Constitution]] does not explicitly state anything about the width:length ratio of the flag;<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.kormany.hu/download/e/02/00000/The%20New%20Fundamental%20Law%20of%20Hungary.pdf |title=The Fundamental Law of Hungary |access-date=2016-08-07 |archive-date=2014-06-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140629205136/http://www.kormany.hu/download/e/02/00000/The%20New%20Fundamental%20Law%20of%20Hungary.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[http://njt.hu/cgi_bin/njt_doc.cgi?docid=140968.248458 Magyarország Alaptörvénye]</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://net.jogtar.hu/jr/gen/getdoc.cgi?docid=94900020.tv&dbnum=62 |title=The Constitution of the Hungarian Republic |access-date=2011-05-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060209063827/http://net.jogtar.hu/jr/gen/getdoc.cgi?docid=94900020.tv&dbnum=62 |archive-date=2006-02-09 |url-status=dead }}</ref> but, there is a law from 1957 that is in force stating that seagoing merchant vessels shall hoist the red, white and green tricolour in 2:3 ratio.{{citation needed|date=July 2012}}

By a government decree from 2000, the ratio (which is neither defined in the Constitution nor in 1995<ref name="renamed_from_1995_on_20120731142247">[http://www.complex.hu/kzldat/t9500083.htm/t9500083.htm Law 1995/LXXXIII]</ref> or 2000<ref>[http://www.complex.hu/kzldat/t0000038.htm/t0000038.htm Law 2000/XXXVIII]</ref> legislation) of flags used on government building is 1:2.

Summarized, this would mean:<ref name="renamed_from_1995_on_20120731142247"/>
* [[File:FIAV 100000.svg|20px]] A red–white–green tricolour. Actually many variations might be used though according to 1995/LXXXIII §11 (3) "(3) In cases specified in paragraphs (1) and (2), the arms and the flag can be used also in their historical forms.", as (1) reads as: 1995/LXXXIII §11 (1) "(1) For the purpose of declaring their belonging to the nation, private persons can use the arms and the flag, subject to the limitations in this law."
* [[File:FIAV 010000.svg|20px]] red–white–green tricolour, ratio 1:2 (by decree from 2000). According to 1995/LXXXIII §11 (4), the official coat of arms of Hungary might be placed onto it as a badge.
* [[File:FIAV 001000.svg|20px]] White background with green red alternated '''flammulette''' ("flame tongues", triangles with wavy edge) border, coat of arms in the center, embraced by oak branches from the left, olive branches from the right. Ratio not defined. ( 1995/LXXXIII §8 (1) )
* [[File:FIAV 000100.svg|20px]] 2:3 (ratio defined by 1957 law) red-white-green tricolour (there is a merchant fleet)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://flaggenlexikon.de/fungarn.htm |title=Flagge Ungarns |access-date=2002-12-10 |author=Volker Preuß|language=de}}</ref>
* [[File:FIAV 000010.svg|20px]] Unknown or unspecified;
* [[File:FIAV 000001.svg|20px]] White background with green red alternated '''triangle''' border, coat of arms at 1/3 of the flag, nearer to the pole. Ratio not defined. ( 1995/LXXXIII §8 (2) )

==Colours==
The colours of the flag of Hungary are defined in Hungarian Standard MSZ 1361:2009:<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-06-18|title=Megújult a nemzeti zászlóra és lobogóra vonatkozó nemzeti szabvány|url=http://www.mszt.hu/NFU/mszt_zaszlo_cik0821.pdf|language=hu|access-date=2020-06-18|archive-date=2022-03-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220320132741/http://www.mszt.hu/NFU/mszt_zaszlo_cik0821.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
{|class="wikitable"
![[File:Flag of Hungary.svg|40px]] Colour scheme
!style="background:#ce2939;color:#fff"|Crimson red
!style="background:#fff"|White
!style="background:#477050;color:#fff"|Dark green
|-
|[[Pantone]]
|18-1660 TCX Tomato
|Not available
|18-6320 TCX Fairway
|-
|[[CIELAB color space|CIELAB]]
|44.0, 60.0, 32.0
|100.0, 128.0, 128.0
|37.5, 26.0, 144.0
|-
|[[RGB color model|RGB]]
|206, 41, 57<ref name="pantonered">{{Cite web|title=PANTONE 18-1660 TCX Tomato|url=https://www.pantone.com/color-finder/18-1660-TCX|access-date=2020-06-18|archive-date=2021-07-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210724151605/https://www.pantone.com/color-finder/18-1660-TCX|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|255, 255, 255
|71, 112, 80<ref name="pantonegreen">{{Cite web|title=PANTONE 18-6320 TCX Fairway|url=https://www.pantone.com/color-finder/18-6320-TCX|access-date=2020-06-18|archive-date=2021-09-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210918145809/https://www.pantone.com/color-finder/18-6320-TCX|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|[[Web color|Hexadecimal]]
|#CE2939<ref name="pantonered"/>
||#FFFFFF
||#477050<ref name="pantonegreen"/>
|}

==Gallery==
{{Further information|List of Hungarian flags|Flags of Hungarian history}}
{{gallery items|class=center|width=180
|[[File:Flag of Hungary with arms.svg|180x100px|border]]|Unofficial civil flag of Hungary
|[[File:Flag of Hungary with arms (state).svg|180x100px|border]]|Unofficial state flag of Hungary
|[[File:Flag of Hungary vertical.svg|180x100px|border]]|State flag of Hungary (vertical version)
|[[File:Flag of Hungary vertical with arms.svg|180x100px|border]]|Unofficial state flag of Hungary (vertical version)
}}

=== Historical flags ===
<gallery class="center" widths="220" heights="220">
File:Magyar zászló a königsfeldeni kolostorból - 14. század első fele.jpg|Hungarian flag from [[Königsfelden Monastery]] from the first half of the 14th century, from the monastery of [[Agnes of Austria (1281–1364)|Agnes of Habsburg]], widow of King [[Andrew III of Hungary]] (1290–1301)
</gallery>{{gallery items|class=center|width=180
|[[File:Flag of Hungary (895-1000).svg|180x100px]]|Flag of the [[Principality of Hungary]] (895–1000).
|[[File:Flag of Hungary (late 12th century).svg|180x100px]]|Royal Standard of Hungary under the rule of [[Béla III of Hungary|Béla III]] (1172–1196).<ref name=Horvath1995>{{cite book|last=Horváth|first=Zoltán|title=A zászlók kialakulása és fejlődése a kezdetektől napjainkig|trans-title=The formation and development of flags from the beginning to the present day|year=1995|publisher=Zászlókutató Intézet|location=Budapest|pages=13–14|language=hu}}</ref><ref name=cskgy2011>{{cite book|last=Csákváriné Kottra|first=Györgyi|title=Magyar zászlók a honfoglalástól napjainkig|date=2011|publisher=Hadtörténeti Intézet és Múzeum|location=Budapest|isbn=978-963-09-6494-4|pages=18–19|language=hu}}</ref>
|[[File:Flag of Hungary (13th century).svg|180x100px]]|Royal Standard of the [[Kingdom of Hungary (1000–1301)|Kingdom of Hungary]] in the 13th century.<ref>{{cite web|title=Árpád-házi királyi zászló a 12. sz. végétől|url=http://nemzetijelkepek.hu/tortenelmi-galeria-3.shtml#galeriakep|website=Magyar Nemzeti és Történelmi Jelképek|access-date=15 March 2019|language=hu|archive-date=7 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220407091817/http://nemzetijelkepek.hu/tortenelmi-galeria-3.shtml#galeriakep|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=cskgy2011/>
|[[File:Flag of Hungary (11th c. - 1301).svg|180x100px]]|Standard of the [[Árpád dynasty]] in the 13th century.<ref>{{cite web|title=Az Árpád-házi királyok családi zászlaja|url=http://nemzetijelkepek.hu/tortenelmi-galeria-4.shtml#galeriakep|website=Magyar Nemzeti és Történelmi Jelképek|access-date=15 March 2019|language=hu|archive-date=19 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220519161621/http://www.nemzetijelkepek.hu/tortenelmi-galeria-4.shtml#galeriakep|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Csákváriné Kottra|first=Györgyi|title=Magyar zászlók a honfoglalástól napjainkig|date=2011|publisher=Hadtörténeti Intézet és Múzeum|location=Budapbaiest|isbn=978-963-09-6494-4|pages=19–21|language=hu}}</ref>
|[[File:Flag of Hungary (1301-1382).svg|180x100px]]|Royal Standard of the [[Kingdom of Hungary (1301–1526)|Kingdom of Hungary]] under the [[Capetian House of Anjou|Angevin dynasty]] from 1301 to 1382.<ref>[[:File:Rozgony Battle.jpg|Miniature]]{{page needed|date=November 2018}} in ''[[Chronicon Pictum]]'' (c. 1370). </ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Anjou-királyi zászló|url=http://nemzetijelkepek.hu/tortenelmi-galeria-5.shtml#galeriakep|website=Magyar Nemzeti és Történelmi Jelképek|access-date=15 March 2019|language=hu|archive-date=20 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190320012013/http://nemzetijelkepek.hu/tortenelmi-galeria-5.shtml#galeriakep|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Anjou Kings Flag (1301-1382) |url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/hu_king.html#anj |website=Flags of the World |access-date=15 March 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Somogyi|first=Győző|title=Magyar hadizászlók|date=2011|publisher=Cser Kiadó|location=Budapest|isbn=978-963-278-194-5|page=22|language=hu}}</ref>
|[[File:Flag of Sigismund of Hungary.svg|180x100px]]|Royal Standard of Hungary under the rule of [[Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor|Sigismund]] (1387–1437).<ref name=Horvath1995/>

|[[File:Flag of Vladislaus I of Hungary.svg|180x100px]]|Royal Standard of Hungary under the rule of [[Władysław III of Poland|Vladislaus I]] (1440–1444).<ref name=Horvath1995/><ref>{{cite book|last=Somogyi|first=Győző|title=Magyar hadizászlók|date=2011|publisher=Cser Kiadó|location=Budapest|isbn=978-963-278-194-5|page=25|language=hu}}</ref>
|[[File:Flag of Hungary (Battle of Baia 1467).svg|200x120px]]|Hungarian banner on battle images according to the ''[[Chronica Hungarorum]]''
|[[File:Flag of Matthias I of Hungary.svg|180x100px]]|Royal Standard of Hungary under the rule of [[Matthias Corvinus|Matthias I]] (1458–1490).<ref name=somogyi>{{cite book|last=Somogyi|first=Győző|title=Magyar hadizászlók|date=2011|publisher=Cser Kiadó|location=Budapest|isbn=978-963-278-194-5|pages=27–28|language=hu}}</ref>
|[[File:Flag of Matthias I of Hungary (variant).svg|180x100px]]|Royal Standard of Hungary under the rule of Matthias I (1458–1490).<ref>{{cite book|last=Horváth|first=Zoltán|title=A zászlók kialakulása és fejlődése a kezdetektől napjainkig|year=1995|publisher=Zászlókutató Intézet|location=Budapest|page=14|language=hu}}</ref><ref name=somogyi/>
|[[File:Flag of Vladislaus II of Hungary.svg|180x100px]]|Royal Standard of Hungary under the rule of [[Vladislaus II of Hungary|Vladislaus II]] (1490–1516).<ref>{{cite book|last=Somogyi|first=Győző|title=Magyar hadizászlók|date=2011|publisher=Cser Kiadó|location=Budapest|isbn=978-963-278-194-5|page=38|language=hu}}</ref>
|[[File:Flag of Louis II of Hungary.svg|180x100px]]|Royal Standard attributed to [[Louis II of Hungary]] (1516–1526).<ref>{{cite book|last=Csákváriné Kottra|first=Györgyi|title=Magyar zászlók a honfoglalástól napjainkig|date=2011|publisher=Hadtörténeti Intézet és Múzeum|location=Budapest|isbn=978-963-09-6494-4|page=33|language=hu}}</ref>
|[[File:Francis II Rákóczi's Iustam Causam banner.svg|180x100px|border]]|Flag raised during [[Rákóczi's War of Independence]] (1703–1711).<ref>{{cite web|title=Rákóczi fejedelem zászlaja|url=http://nemzetijelkepek.hu/tortenelmi-galeria-13.shtml#galeriakep|website=Magyar Nemzeti és Történelmi Jelképek|access-date=15 March 2019|language=hu|archive-date=20 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190320003353/http://nemzetijelkepek.hu/tortenelmi-galeria-13.shtml#galeriakep|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|[[File:Flag of Hungary with great coat of arms (1849).svg|180x100px]]| Flag of the [[Hungarian State]]
|[[File:Flag of Hungary (1848).svg|180x100px]]|Flag of the Kingdom of Hungary, used in [[Hungarian Revolution of 1848]]
|[[File:Flag of Hungary (1848-1849, 1867-1869).svg|180x100px|border]]|Flag of the Kingdom of Hungary, used between 1848 and 1849 and between 1867 and 1869.
|[[File:Flag of Hungary (1869-1874).svg|180x100px|border]]|Flag of the [[Kingdom of Hungary (1867–1918)|Kingdom of Hungary]] from 1869 to 1874 with the Hungarian small coat of arms.
|[[File:Flag of Hungary (1874-1896).svg|180x100px|border]]|Flag of the Kingdom of Hungary from 1874 to 1896.

|[[File:Flag of Hungary (1896-1915).svg|180x100px|border]]|Flag of the Kingdom of Hungary from 1896 to 1915.
|[[File:Flag of Hungary (1896-1915; angels).svg|180x100px|border]]|A variant of the flag of Hungary, used between 1896 and 1915, while part of [[Austria-Hungary]].
|[[File:Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946).svg|180x100px|border]]|Flag of the Kingdom of Hungary from 1915 to 1918.
|[[File:Flag of Hungary (1915-1918; angels).svg|180x100px|border]]|A variant of the flag of Hungary used between 1915 and 1918.
|[[File:Flag of Hungary (1918-1919).svg|180x100px|border]]|Flag of the short-lived [[First Hungarian Republic|Hungarian People's Republic]], used between 1918–1919 under the rule of [[Mihály Károlyi|Károlyi]].

|[[File:Flag of Hungary (1919).svg|180x100px|border]]|Flag of the [[Hungarian Soviet Republic]], used briefly in 1919.
|[[File:Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946).svg|180x100px|border]]|Flag of Hungary, used between 1919 and 1946 with the Hungarian small coat of arms.
|[[File:Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957; 1-2 aspect ratio).svg|180x100px|border]]|Flag of Hungary, used between 1946 and 1949 and between 1956 and 1957 with the [[Lajos Kossuth|Kossuth]] coat of arms.
|[[File:Flag of Hungary (1949-1956; 1-2 aspect ratio).svg|180x100px|border]]|Flag of the [[Hungarian People's Republic]], used between 1949 and 1956, bearing the Communist [[Mátyás Rákosi|Rákosi]] coat of arms.
|[[File:Flag of the Hungarian Revolution (1956; 1-2 aspect ratio).svg|180x100px|border]]|This flag, from which the Rákosi era [[Coat of arms of Hungary|coat of arms]] has been cut out, became the symbol of the [[Hungarian Revolution of 1956]].

|[[File:Flag of Hungary (with Kádár coat of arms).svg|180x100px|border]]|[[Ensign (flag)|Government ensign]] of Hungary, used between 1957 and 1990.
|[[File:Flag of Hungary.svg|180x100px|border]]|Flag of Hungary, used from 1957 to the present.
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===Head of state standards===

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|[[File:Standard of the Regent of Hungary (1920s-1939, afloat).svg|180x100px|border]]|Ensign of the [[Regent of Hungary|Regent]], used between 1921 and 1939.
|[[File:Flag of the Supreme Warlord of the Royal Hungarian Defence Forces (1939-1945, on land).svg|180x100px|border]]|Standard of the Regent as supreme warlord of the [[Royal Hungarian Army]], used between 1939 and 1944.
|[[File:Standard of the President of Hungary (1948-1950, afloat).svg|180x100px]]|Ensign of the [[President of Hungary|President]], used between 1948 and 1950.
|[[File:Standard of the President of Hungary (1990s-2012).svg|180x100px|border]]|Standard of the President, used between 1990 and 2012.
|[[File:Flag of the President of Hungary.svg|180x100px|border]]|Standard of the President, used from 2012.
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==See also==
{{Portal|Heraldry|Hungary}}
* [[List of Hungarian flags]]
* [[Flags of Hungarian history]]
* [[Coat of arms of Hungary]]
* [[Himnusz]]

==Notes==
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==References==
{{Reflist|}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|National flag of Hungary}}
* {{FOTW|id=hu|title=Hungary}}
* [http://www.rbvex.it/ungheria.html Flag of Hungary] at www.rbvex.it
* [http://njt.hu/cgi_bin/njt_doc.cgi?docid=142939.265410 2011 CCII law] (on the use of Hungary's coat of arms and flag, as well as awards) from njt.hu

{{Hungary articles}}
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TKMD at 21:45, 14 March 2026