regency of the Kingdom of Hungary

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The regency of the Kingdom of Hungary was a period in the 15th century when the Hunyadi family, notably John Hunyadi, governed the realm on behalf of underage or absent kings, wielding substantial military and political power.

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instanceOf historical period
regency
appliesToJurisdiction Kingdom of Hungary
country Kingdom of Hungary
hasApproximateEndTime late 1450s
hasApproximateStartTime 1440s
hasBattle Battle of Kosovo (1448)
Battle of Varna
Siege of Belgrade (1456)
hasCapital Buda
hasCause absence of the king
minority of the king
hasConflict Ottoman–Hungarian wars
hasDynasticContext House of Habsburg
Hunyadi family
Jagiellonian dynasty
hasGovernmentForm feudal monarchy
regency government
hasHistoricalSignificance key phase in defense of Christian Europe against the Ottomans
strengthened role of the Hunyadi family in Hungarian politics
hasKeyFigure George of Poděbrady
John Hunyadi
linked to: János Hunyadi

Ladislaus the Posthumous
Matthias Corvinus
Ulrich II of Celje
Władysław III of Poland
hasLanguage Hungarian
Latin
hasLegalBasis decision of the Hungarian Diet
hasMainOpponent Ottoman Empire
hasMilitaryRole defense against the Ottoman Empire
hasPoliticalCharacteristic contested royal authority
noble factionalism
strong military leadership
hasPowerBase Hungarian nobility
Transylvanian estates
hasRegent Hunyadi family
John Hunyadi
linked to: János Hunyadi

László Hunyadi
Miklós Hunyadi
linked to: János Hunyadi
hasRegentTitle Regent-Governor of Hungary
hasRegion Central Europe
hasReligion Roman Catholicism
hasSeatOfPower Buda Castle
hasSuccessor reign of Matthias Corvinus
hasTimePeriod 15th century
hasTypeOfAuthority military authority
political authority

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Hunyadi family politicalInfluence regency of the Kingdom of Hungary