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Matthias Corvinus

1443 - 1490

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Matthias Corvinus (Hungarian: Hunyadi Mátyás; Romanian: Matia/Matei Corvin; Croatian: Matija/Matijaš Korvin; Slovak: Matej Korvín; Czech: Matyáš Korvín; 23 February 1443 – 6 April 1490) was King of Hungary and Croatia from 1458 to 1490, as Matthias I. After conducting several military campaigns, he was elected King of Bohemia in 1469 and adopted the title Duke of Austria in 1487. He was the son of John Hunyadi, Regent of Hungary, who died in 1456. In 1457, Matthias was imprisoned along with his older brother, Ladislaus Hunyadi, on the orders of King Ladislaus the Posthumous. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Matthias Corvinus has received more than 1,914,721 page views. His biography is available in 63 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 61 in 2019). Matthias Corvinus is the 234th most popular politician (up from 316th in 2019), the 5th most popular biography from Hungary (up from 7th in 2019) and the most popular Hungarian Politician.

Matthias Corvinus is most famous for his military success and his patronage of the arts.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Matthias Corvinus ranks 234 out of 19,576. Before him are Yuri Andropov, Enver Hoxha, Reinhard Heydrich, Bill Clinton, Alexander III of Russia, and Theodore Roosevelt. After him are Thutmose III, Caracalla, Catherine I of Russia, Empress Dowager Cixi, Şehzade Mustafa, and Suleiman II.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1443, Matthias Corvinus ranks 2. Before him is Pope Julius II. After him are Donato Bramante, Albert III, Duke of Saxony, Lady Margaret Beaufort, Rodolphus Agricola, Girolamo Riario, Piero del Pollaiolo, Magdalena of France, Askia Mohammad I, Gilbert, Count of Montpensier, and Pedro Arias Dávila. Among people deceased in 1490, Matthias Corvinus ranks 1. After him are Carlo Crivelli, Charles I, Duke of Savoy, Geertgen tot Sint Jans, Laonikos Chalkokondyles, Ashikaga Yoshimasa, Joanna, Princess of Portugal, Catherine of Foix, Countess of Candale, Hans Talhoffer, and Pedro Tafur.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Matthias Corvinus ranks 5 out of 1,077. Before him are Martin of Tours (316), Ferenc Puskás (1927), Theodor Herzl (1860), and Elizabeth Báthory (1560). After him are Edward Teller (1908), Rudolf Steiner (1861), Harry Houdini (1874), Stephen I of Hungary (975), John von Neumann (1903), George Soros (1930), and Miklós Horthy (1868).

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Among POLITICIANS In Hungary

Among politicians born in Hungary, Matthias Corvinus ranks 1. After him are Stephen I of Hungary (975), Miklós Horthy (1868), Imre Nagy (1896), Louis II of Hungary (1506), Louis I of Hungary (1326), Árpád (845), Gaiseric (389), Jadwiga of Poland (1374), John Zápolya (1487), Ladislaus the Posthumous (1440), and Viktor Orbán (1963).

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