The Treaty of Weissenburg (German language: Vertrag von Weißenburg or Weißenburger Vertrag) declared Archduke Ferdinand of the ruler of Royal Hungary and Transylvania. It was signed[by whom?] in Weissenburg (Gyulafehérvár) on July 19, 1551. The territory had previously been ruled by John Zápolya's widow, Isabella Jagiełło.
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- Turba, Gustav; C. Fromme (1903) (in de). Geschichte des thronfolgerechtes in allen habsburgischen Ländern bis zur pragmatischen Sanktion: Kaiser Karls VI: 1156 bis 1732. Stanford University. https://books.google.com/books?id=oTcNAAAAIAAJ&pg=RA4-PA347&lpg=RA4-PA347&dq=%2219+juli+1551%22+ferdinand&source=web&ots=m5i5AFkclP&sig=ptVObhJDLE3wzgSKQENiNWMyNV8.
- Volkmer, Gerald (2002) (in de). Das Fürstentum Siebenbürgen 1541-1691. Außenpolitik und völkerrechtliche Stellung. Heidelberg: Arbeitskreis für Siebenbürgische Landeskunde. http://www.siebenbuergen-institut.de/sembl/st-publ-volkmer.htm.
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