Matthias Hunyadi, Matthias Corvinus, Corvinus Mátyás
Date of Birth: 23 February 1443
Place of Birth: Kolozsvár, Hungary, present-day Cluj, Romania
Date of Death: 6 April 1490
Place of Death: Vienna
Biography
Matthias Corvinus was king of Hungary from 1458 to 1490. In contrast with his father, John Hunyadi, he is often accused of neglecting the Turkish threat for the quest for grandeur, relegating defense against the…