Matthias Rex

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Matthias Rex is another name for Matthias Corvinus, the influential 15th-century King of Hungary renowned for his military campaigns and patronage of Renaissance culture.

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instanceOf King of Hungary
Renaissance ruler
human
king
military leader
patron of the arts
alsoKnownAs Matthias Corvinus
Matthias I of Hungary
Mátyás király
associatedWith Renaissance in Hungary
birthDate 1443-02-23
birthPlace Kingdom of Hungary
Kolozsvár
present-day Cluj-Napoca, Romania
burialPlace Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Székesfehérvár
Székesfehérvár
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Hungary
deathDate 1490-04-06
deathPlace Archduchy of Austria
Vienna
era 15th century
familyName Hunyadi
linked to: Voyk (Vajk) Hunyadi
father John Hunyadi
linked to: János Hunyadi
givenName Matthias
languageUsed Hungarian
Latin
libraryFounded Bibliotheca Corviniana
memberOf House of Hunyadi
militaryUnitFounded Black Army of Hungary
mother Erzsébet Szilágyi
notableFor centralization of royal power
creation of the Black Army of Hungary
establishment of the Bibliotheca Corviniana
expansion of the Kingdom of Hungary
military campaigns against the Ottoman Empire
patronage of Renaissance humanism
patronage of arts and sciences
wars against the Holy Roman Empire
patronage Italian humanists
Renaissance scholars
architects
artists
positionHeld Duke of Austria
King of Bohemia
King of Croatia
King of Hungary
reignEnd 1490
reignStart 1458
religion Roman Catholicism
spouse Beatrice of Naples
Catherine of Poděbrady

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Matthias Corvinus alsoKnownAs Matthias Rex