Transylvania

Transylvania (Romanian: Ardeal or Transilvania; Hungarian: Erdély; German: ; Bulgarian: Трансилвания; Serbian: Трансилванија / Transilvanija or Ердељ / Erdelj) is a historical region in central and western Romania.

In its early history, the territory of present-day Transylvania belonged to Dacia, the Roman Empire, the Hun Empire, the Gepid Kingdom, the Kingdom of the Avarscitation needed], and the First Bulgarian Empirecitation needed]. As a political entity, Transylvania is mentioned from the 11th century (after the Hungarian conquest) as a voivodship, part of the Kingdom of Hungary. It then successively became an autonomous principality under Ottoman suzerainty in 1571, a part of the Habsburg Monarchy in 1711 (Austria-Hungary after 1867), and a part of the Kingdom of Romania after World War I.

Transylvania's main city, Cluj-Napoca, is considered to be the region's historical capital, although Transylvania was also ruled from Alba Iulia during its vassalage to the Ottoman Empire, and the seat of the Transylvanian Diet was moved to Sibiu for some time in the 19th century.