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    Matthias Corvinus (Hungarian: Hunyadi Mátyás; Romanian: Matia/Matei Corvin; Croatian: Matija/Matijaš Korvin; Slovak: Matej Korvín; Czech: Matyáš Korvín;...
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    of his son, Matthias Corvinus, as King of Hungary in 1458. He attempted to secure hereditary line of succession for his son, John Corvinus. This did not...
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    king of Bohemia. Matthias Corvinus confiscated large estates in his realms and granted them to his illegitimate son, John Corvinus, because he wanted...
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    went to Transylvania to seek assistance from Matthias Corvinus, King of Hungary, in late 1462, but Corvinus had him imprisoned. Vlad was held in captivity...
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    years. His fame was a decisive factor in the election of his son, Matthias Corvinus, as king by the Diet of 1457. Hunyadi is a popular historical figure...
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    Legion/Regiment – were the military forces serving under the reign of King Matthias Corvinus of Hungary. The ancestor and core of this early standing mercenary...
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    Matthias [hu] (1504-1505), and a daughter, Elisabeth (1496-1508). Bone samples were collected in the Corvinus grave from the remains of John Corvinus...
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    The Matthias Corvinus House (Romanian: Casa Matia, Hungarian: Mátyás király szülőháza) is one of the oldest buildings in Cluj-Napoca, Transylvania, Romania...
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    of Ladislaus or Osvát Szilágyi and thus a cousin of Matthias Corvinus, King of Hungary. Corvinus first gave her in marriage to Wenceslas Pongrác of Szentmiklós...
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    The Matthias Corvinus Monument (Romanian: Monumentul Matia Corvin; Hungarian: Mátyás király emlékmű) is a monument in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. This classified...
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    [citation needed] Hunyadi's son Matthias Corvinus was crowned king in Buda in 1458 at the age of 15. In 1471 Matthias renewed the Serbian Despotate in...
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    reached its peak in medieval prosperity during the reign of king Matthias Corvinus. The king built the southwest bell tower, one of the finest pieces...
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    Roman Emperor. Before this was settled though, Matthias died in Vienna in 1490. After Matthias Corvinus died from a stroke on 6 April 1490, Frederick was...
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    leaders of the Three Nations of Transylvania against Matthias Corvinus, King of Hungary, in 1467. Corvinus invaded Moldavia, but Stephen defeated him in the...
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    Renaissance villa was built by Matthias. Only one column survives of this so-called Aula Marmorea. After the death of Matthias Corvinus, his successor, King Vladislaus...
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    Matthias Corvinus (r. 1458–1490) rebuilt the palace in early Renaissance style and further expanded it. After the marriage in 1476 of King Matthias to...
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    the Siege of Belgrade in 1456. The last strong Hungarian king was Matthias Corvinus (r. 1458–90), the son of John Hunyadi. His accession represented the...
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    between Moldavian prince Stephen the Great and the Hungarian king, Matthias Corvinus. Corvinus invaded Moldavia as a consequence of Stephen's annexation of...
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    and Isabella I of Castile leads to the unification of Spain. 1469: Matthias Corvinus of Hungary conquers some parts of Bohemia. 1469: Birth of Guru Nanak...
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  • Corvin János (János Corvinus Hunyadi), Franklin-Társulat, Budapest, 1894 URL: See External Links Schönherr, Gyula: János Corvinus Hunyadi (1473-1504)...
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  • Corvinus or Corvin may refer to: John Hunyadi (Latin: Ioannes Corvinus), regent (1446–1453) of the Kingdom of Hungary King Matthias Corvinus of Hungary...
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    relations with Vlad, discovered his alliance with Hungary's king Matthias Corvinus and ordered his forces to ambush him. Vlad foiled the attack and invaded...
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  • literature that the casus belli was the death of Matthias Corvinus, who except for his illegitimate son John Corvinus had no legitimate heir, and thus several...
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    historian in Hungary under King Matthias Corvinus during the last years of his career. Bonfini was commissioned by Matthias Corvinus to produce a work chronicling...
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  • nobility: Matthias Corvinus of Hungary, King of Hungary Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (Habsburg dynasty) In music: Matthias Bamert...
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    golden age was during the reign of Matthias Corvinus (1458–1490), the son of John Hunyadi. His nickname was "Matthias the Just". He further improved the...
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    1410–1483) was a Hungarian noblewoman, wife of John Hunyadi and mother of Matthias Corvinus, King of Hungary. Elizabeth was the daughter of the Ladislaus Szilágyi...
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    retreating hastily in the face of Corvinus' approaching army. A new Ottoman army under Mahmud Pasha then forced Corvinus to withdraw, but Jajce was not retaken...
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    site of the remains of the Early Renaissance summer palace of King Matthias Corvinus of Hungary and a medieval citadel. The name Visegrád (Vyšehrad) is...
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    the right to elect a twelve-member jury every year. In 1488, King Matthias Corvinus (born in Kolozsvár in 1443) ordered that the centumvirate—the city...
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