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Matthias Corvinus is born in Kolozsvár, Romania. His parents are John Hunyadi and Elisabeth Szilágyi. He is the second of their two sons.
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Matthias and the Despot of Serbia's granddaughter Elizabeth of Celje are engaged to be married. Matthias is twelve years old.
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Matthias, after years of conflict between the marrying families, is married to Elizabeth of Celje.
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Elizabeth of Celje dies. She is a child, so the marriage remains unconsummated.
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John Hunyadi, Matthias's father, dies. He is taken ill while at war. He died near Zemun, Syria.
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Matthias Corvinus is held captive in Buda for high treason.
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Ladislaus V is hanged for high treason at the age of 17.
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Matthias Corvinus, at the age of 14, is elected King of Hungary. This is decided at a diet held by his father, John Hunyadi. Matthias is at this point John's only son.
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Matthias holds the first of 25 Diets in his time in Pest. He does so under the customs of his father. Mathhias, in fact, was elected king because of one of John Hunyadi's diets.
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After much negotiation, Frederick III, the Holy Roman Emperor, returned the Holy Crown of Hungary. Matthias was elected years prior. He was officially coronated in Spring 1464.
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Matthias declares war on Bohemia, a neighboring country. He does so against King George Of Bohemia, his former father-in-law.
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John Corvinus, Matthias's first and only son, is born out of wedlock by Matthias's mistress, Barbara Edelpöck. Barbara is a citizen of Stein in Lower Austria.
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Matthias marries Beatrice of Naples, his third wife. Beatrice was crowned Queen of Hungary in Székesfehérvár. The marriage is childless.
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The Siege of Hainburg is the first of many battles fought between Austria and Hungary. It sparks the Austrian-Hungarian war, which does not conclude until Matthew's success in defeating Austria in 1488.
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Matthias Corvinus signs a peace treaty with Vladislaus Jagiellon. This treaty divides the Lands of the Bohemian Crown. The war between Bohemia and Hungary comes to an end.
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Wiener Neustadt was the last town to surrender to Matthias in Lower Austria. Its falling concluded Matthias's conquest and he became the Duke of Austria.
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At the age of 47, Matthias Corvinus dies of a stroke. His wife, Beatrice of Naples, goes against his wishes to secure John Corvinus as the heir to the throne. Matthias's conquests in Austria are reversed and one of Matthias's enemies takes his throne and his wife.
