Matthias I

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Matthias I, also known as Matthias Corvinus, was a 15th-century King of Hungary renowned for his military campaigns, patronage of the Renaissance, and efforts to centralize royal power.

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instanceOf Renaissance ruler
human
king
member of the Hunyadi family
military leader
monarch of Hungary
patron of the arts
alsoKnownAs Matthias Corvinus
Matthias Hunyadi
linked to: Matthias Corvinus

Mátyás király
associatedWith Buda
birthDate 1443-02-23
birthPlace Cluj
linked to: Cluj-Napoca

Kingdom of Hungary
Kolozsvár
capitalDuringReign Buda
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Hungary
deathDate 1490-04-06
deathPlace Archduchy of Austria
Vienna
era Renaissance
father John Hunyadi
linked to: János Hunyadi
hasChild John Corvinus
house House of Hunyadi
knownFor Black Army of Hungary
centralizing royal power in Hungary
conquest of Moravia and Silesia
military campaigns against the Ottoman Empire
reforms of royal administration
wars against the Holy Roman Empire
militaryUnit Black Army of Hungary
mother Erzsébet Szilágyi
notableWork Bibliotheca Corviniana
occupation king
military commander
patronage Italian Renaissance art
Renaissance humanism
scholarship and learning
positionHeld Duke of Austria
King of Bohemia
King of Croatia
King of Hungary
predecessor Ladislaus the Posthumous
reignEnd 1490
reignStart 1458
religion Roman Catholicism
spouse Beatrice of Naples
Catherine of Poděbrady
successor Vladislaus II of Bohemia and Hungary
symbol raven with a ring

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Matthias Corvinus alsoKnownAs Matthias I