1443

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 49. Chapters: 1443 architecture, 1443 births, 1443 deaths, 1443 establishments, 1443 in Europe, 1443 in law, Conflicts in 1443, Pope Julius II, Lady Margaret Beaufort, Rodolphus Agricola, Albert III, Duke of Saxony, Matthias Corvinus, Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk, Henry Chichele, Ferdinand the Saint Prince, Crusade of Varna, Beltrán de la Cueva, 1st Duke of Alburquerque, James Haldenston, Muhammad Jaunpuri, Edmund, Earl of Rutland, Giovanni II Bentivoglio, Hospices de Beaune, Isabella of Urgell, Duchess of Coimbra, Nil Sorsky, John Cornwall, 1st Baron Fanhope, San Marco, Florence, Minyekyawswa of Ava, James Douglas, 7th Earl of Douglas, Anne de Beauchamp, 15th Countess of Warwick, Magdalena of Valois, La Hire, John of Ragusa, Ashikaga Yoshikatsu, William Hussey, Gilbert, Count of Montpensier, Girolamo Riario, Zeami Motokiyo, Treaty of Gyehae, John Tiptoft, 1st Baron Tiptoft, List of state leaders in 1443, William Cheyne, John IV of Chalon-Arlay, Battle of St. Jakob an der Sihl, Dhimitër Frëngu, John, Count Palatine of Neumarkt, Giovanni di Stefano, Rudolf Stüssi, Lewis of Luxembourg, Erasmo of Narni, Antonio Benivieni, Robert le Maçon, Niccolò Albergati, Guidantonio da Montefeltro, Thomas Talbot, 2nd Viscount Lisle, Heki Danjo Masatsugu, Long campaign, Patriarch Metrophanes II of Constantinople, Margaret of Brittany, Diogo of Portugal, Giolla na Naomh Mac Aodhagáin, Wat Ounalom, Thomas Simonsson, Jan sindel, Nijo Masatsugu, Bartholomaeus of Drahonice. Excerpt: Matthias Corvinus (Hungarian: or very rarely ) (23 February 1443 - 6 April 1490), also called the Just in folk tales, was King of Hungary and Croatia from 1458, at the age of 14 until his death. After conducting several military campaigns he became also King of Bohemia, (1469-1490) and Duke of Austria. As King of Hungary, Matthias is considered Matthias I. In Hungarian, the numeral is never used; it is understood that "King Matthias" refers to the first by that name. Hungarian: Hunyadi Mátyás or very rarely Corvin Mátyás, Czech: , Croatian: Matija/MatijaS Korvin, German: Matthias Corvinus, Medieval Latin: Mattias Corvinus, Polish: Maciej Korwin, Romanian: Matia/Matei/Mateias Corvin/Corvinul, Rusyn:¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿i¿/Matiash Corvin, Serbian: ¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿/Matija Korvin, Slovak: Matej Korvín, Slovene: Matija Korvin, Russian: ¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿/Matyash Korvin. The Hunyad Castle, where Matthias grew up Signature and the royal stampMatthias was born in Kolozsvár in the Kingdom of Hungary (today Cluj-Napoca, Romania) in a house now known as the Matthias Corvinus House. He was second son of John Hunyadi, a successful general of Wallachian (Romanian) origin in service of the Kingdom of Hungary, who had risen through the ranks of the nobility to become regent of Hungary. Matthias' mother was Erzsébet Szilágyi, from a Hungarian noble family. His tutors were the learned János Vitéz, bishop of Nagyvárad (now: Oradea), whom he subsequently raised to the primacy, and the Polish humanist Gregory of Sanok. Besides the learned languages, he was acquainted with most of the living tongues of Europe. His military training proceeded under the eye of his father, whom he began to follow on his campaigns when only twelve years of age. In 1453 he was created count of Beszterce, and was knighted at the Siege of Belgrade in 1456. The same care for his welfare led his father to choose him a bride in the powerful family of the Counts of Cilli. Matthias was married to Eliz...