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Matthias Corvinus
Conqueror and patron of learning, born at Klausenburg; was elected King of Hungary 1458; though arbitrary in his measures, he promoted commerce, dispensed justice, fostered culture, and observed sound finance; he founded the University of Buda-Pesth, an observatory, and great library, but his reign was full of wars; for nine years he fought the Turks and took from them Bosnia, Moldavia, and Wallachia; from 1470 till 1478 the struggle was with Bohemia, from which he wrested Moravia, Silesia, and Lusatia; then followed war with Frederick III., the capture of Vienna 1485, and a large part of Austria 1487; he made Vienna his capital, and died there (1443-1490).
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Matthias Corvinus'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/m/matthias-corvinus.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
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