After Ulaszlo, Hungary's nobles choose an infant …
Years: 1396 - 1539
After Ulaszlo, Hungary's nobles choose an infant king, Laszlo V, and a regent, Janos Hunyadi, to rule the country until Laszlo V comes of age.
The son of a lesser nobleman of the Vlach tribe, Hunyadi has risen to become a general, Transylvania's military governor, one of Hungary's largest landowners, and a war hero.
He uses his personal wealth and the support of the lesser nobles to win the regency and overcome the opposition of the magnates.
Hunyadi then establishes a mercenary army funded by the first tax ever imposed on Hungary's nobles.
He defeats the Ottoman forces in Transylvania in 1442 and breaks their hold on Serbia in 1443, only to be routed at Varna (where Laszlo V himself perishes) a year later.
In 1456, when the Turkish army besieges Belgrade, Hunyadi defeats it in his greatest and final victory.
Hunyadi dies of the plague soon after.
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People
Groups
- Transylvania, region of
- Jews
- Germans
- Hungarian people
- Vlachs
- Slavs, West
- Slavonia region
- Serbs (South Slavs)
- Croats (South Slavs)
- Croatia, Kingdom of
- Slovaks (West Slavs)
- Hungary, Kingdom of
- Cuman people, or Western Kipchaks, also called Polovtsy, Polovtsians)
- Croatia, Kingdom of
- Italians (Latins)
- Saxons, Transylvanian
- Székelys
- Poland of the later Piasts, Kingdom of
- Ottoman Empire
- Timurid Empire
- Ottoman Empire
- Union of Three Nations
- Turkish people
- Serbia, Ottoman
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Years: 1396 - 1539
Locations
People
Groups
- Transylvania, region of
- Jews
- Germans
- Hungarian people
- Vlachs
- Slavs, West
- Slavonia region
- Serbs (South Slavs)
- Croats (South Slavs)
- Croatia, Kingdom of
- Slovaks (West Slavs)
- Hungary, Kingdom of
- Cuman people, or Western Kipchaks, also called Polovtsy, Polovtsians)
- Croatia, Kingdom of
- Italians (Latins)
- Saxons, Transylvanian
- Székelys
- Poland of the later Piasts, Kingdom of
- Ottoman Empire
- Timurid Empire
- Ottoman Empire
- Union of Three Nations
- Turkish people
- Serbia, Ottoman
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Subjects
Regions
Subregions