JANOS [See also:JOHN] See also:CORVINUS (1473–1504)
, illegitimate son of See also:Matthias See also:Hunyadi, See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king of See also:Hungary, and one See also:Barbara, supposed to be the daughter of a See also:burgess of See also:Breslau
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He took his name from the See also:raven (See also:corvus) in his See also:father's See also:escutcheon
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Matthias originally intended him for the See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
Church, but on losing all See also:hope of offspring from his See also:consort See also:Queen See also:Beatrice, determined, towards the end of his See also:life, to make the youth his successor on the See also:throne
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He loaded him with honours and riches, till he was by far the wealthiest See also:magnate in the See also:land
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He publicly declared him his successor, created him a See also:prince with vast apanages in See also:Silesia, made the commandants of all the fortresses in .the See also:kingdom take an See also:oath of See also:allegiance to him, and tried to arrange a See also:marriage for him with Bianca Maria See also:Sforza of See also:Milan, a project which was frustrated by the intrigues of Queen Beatrice
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Matthias also intended to make the recognition of Janos as prince royal of Hungary by the See also:emperor See also:Frederick a See also:condition precedent of relinquishing all or See also:part of the conquered hereditary domains of the See also:house of See also:Habsburg; but his sudden See also:death See also:left the See also:matter still pending, and the See also:young prince suddenly found himself alone in the midst of enemies
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The inexperienced and irresolute youth speedily became the victim of the most shameful chicanery
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He was first induced formally to resign his claims to the throne, on the understanding that he was to be compensated with the See also:crown of Bosnia
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He was then persuaded to retire southwards with the royal treasures which Matthias had confided to him, whereupon an See also:army immediately started in pursuit, scattered his forces, and robbed him of everything
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Meanwhile the See also:diet had elected Vladislav of Bohemia king (See also:July 15, 1490), to whom Janos hastened to do See also:homage, in See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order to See also:save something from the See also:wreck of his fortunes
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He was also recognized as prince of Slavonia and See also:duke of See also:Troppau, but compelled to relinquish both titles five years later
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On the invasion of Hungary by See also:Maximilian, he shewed his See also:loyalty to the crown by relinquishing into the hands of Vladislav the three importantfortressesof See also:Pressburg, See also:Komarom and See also:Tata, which had been entrusted to him by his father
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But now, encouraged by his complacency, the See also:chief dignitaries, headed by the See also:palatine See also:Stephen Zapolya, laid claim to nearly all his remaining estates and involved him in a whole See also:series of costly processes
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This they could do with perfect impunity, as they had poisoned the mind of the indolent and suspicious king against their victim
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In 1496 See also:Corvinus married Beatrice, the daughter of See also:Bernard Frangepan
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His prospects now improved, and in 1498 he was created perpetual See also:ban of Croatia and Slavonia
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From 1499 to 1502 he successfully defended Bosnia against the See also:Turks, and in the following See also:year aspired to the dignity of palatine, but was defeated by a See also:combination of Queen Beatrice and his other enemies
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He died on the 12th of See also:October 1504, leaving one son, Prince See also:Christopher,, who died on the 17th of See also:March 1505
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See Gyula Schonherr, Janos Corvinus Hunyadi (Hung.) (See also:Budapest, 1894)
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