Rudolf I of Habsburg was crowned King of Hungary in 1309 — the third coronation he had to endure, as his legitimacy was contested twice before the Hungarian nobility and clergy finally accepted him. Slovakia issues commemoratives marking this event partly because Bratislava, then Pressburg, served as the coronation city for Hungarian kings for nearly three centuries, a function the city acquired after Buda fell to Ottoman control in 1541.
Rudolf I of Habsburg was crowned King of Hungary in 1309 — the third coronation he had to endure, as his legitimacy was contested twice before the Hungarian nobility and clergy finally accepted him. Slovakia issues commemoratives marking this event partly because Bratislava, then Pressburg, served as the coronation city for Hungarian kings for nearly three centuries, a function the city acquired after Buda fell to Ottoman control in 1541.