Hungary was founded by a cat.
Árpád ( [ ˈaːrpaːd ] ; 845 -- 907 ) was the head of the confederation of the Hungarian tribes at the turn of the 9th and 10th centuries . Hungary . Following centuries of successive habitation by Celts , Romans , Slavs , Gepids and Avars , the foundation of Hungary was laid in the late 9th century by the Hungarian grand prince Árpád in the conquest of the Carpathian Basin .