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Political Rise of Matthias Hunyadi

Type Event Region Hungary Time 1456–1460

After his father John Hunyadi died in 1456, Matthias Hunyadi rose rapidly in Hungarian politics: imprisoned as a youth (in Prague at the time), elect…

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  1. 1456–1457Buda · HungaryAfter John Hunyadi died of illness in August 1456, fierce power struggles erupted in Hungarian politics. Ladislaus V ordered the execution of Matthias's brother Ladislaus and imprisoned the teenage Matthias in Prague; his uncle Michael Szilágyi sought to preserve the Hunyadi family's inheritance.
  2. 1457–1458Pest · HungaryAfter Ladislaus V died suddenly on November 23, 1457, George of Poděbrady, King of Bohemia, released the imprisoned Matthias. The Hungarian Diet elected Matthias king at Pest on January 24, 1458 (an election rather than a coronation), and the Hunyadi family thereby ascended the throne.
  3. 1458–1460Székesfehérvár · HungaryBecause of the issue of the Holy Crown, Matthias could not be crowned immediately after his election; he was formally crowned at Székesfehérvár on March 29, 1464. By the 1460s he had suppressed noble rebellions, begun building a standing army, and carried out fiscal reforms, gradually ending the chaos of the regency period.

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