John Corvinus | |
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Born | 2 April 1473 Buda,Kingdom of Hungary |
Died | 12 October 1504(1504-10-12) (aged 31) Krapina,Croatia |
Burial | |
Spouse | Beatrice de Frangepan |
Issue | Elisabeth Christopher Matthias [hu] |
House | Hunyadi |
Father | Matthias Corvinus |
Mother | Barbara Edelpöck |
Religion | Roman Catholicism |
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John Corvinus (Hungarian:Corvin János,Croatian:Ivaniš Korvin,Romanian:Ioan Corvin; 2 April 1473 – 12 October 1504) was theillegitimate son ofMatthias Corvinus, King ofHungary, and hismistress,Barbara Edelpöck.
Born inBuda, he took his name from the raven (Latin:corvus) in his father'sescutcheon. Matthias originally intended him for the Church, but on losing all hope of offspring from his queen,Beatrice of Naples, determined, towards the end of his life, to make the youth his successor on the throne. He loaded him with honours and riches until he was by far the wealthiest magnate in the land. He publicly declared him his successor, created him aprince with vast apanages inSilesia (Duchy of Głogów) made the commandants of all the fortresses in the kingdom take an oath of allegiance to him, and tried to arrange a marriage for him withBianca Maria Sforza ofMilan, a project which was frustrated by the intrigues of Queen Beatrice.[1]
Matthias also intended to make the recognition of John as Prince Royal of Hungary by Holy Roman EmperorFrederick III, in counterpart of relinquishing all or part of the conquered hereditary domains of theHouse of Habsburg; but his sudden death left the matter still pending, and the young prince suddenly found himself alone in the midst of enemies.[1]
The inexperienced and irresolute youth speedily became the victim of the most shameful chicanery. He was first induced formally to resign his claims to the throne, on the understanding that he was to be compensated with thecrown of Bosnia. He was then persuaded to retire southwards with the royal treasures which Matthias had confided to him, whereupon an army immediately started in pursuit, scattered his forces in thebattle of Bonefield[2] (July 4, 1490, nearKölesd inTolna county), and robbed him of everything.[1]
Meanwhile, thediet had electedVladislaus Jagiellon of Bohemia King (15 July 1490), to whom John hastened to do homage, in order to save something from the wreck of his fortunes. He was also recognized as duke ofSlavonia andOpava, but compelled to relinquish both titles five years later. On the invasion of Hungary by Maximilian, he showed his loyalty to the crown by relinquishing into the hands of Vladislaus the three important fortresses in Pressburg (present dayBratislava in Slovakia),Komárom andTata, which had been entrusted to him by his father. But now, encouraged by his complacency, the chief dignitaries, headed by the PalatineStephen Zápolya (? – 1499), laid claim to nearly all his remaining estates and involved him in a whole series of costly processes. This they could do with perfect impunity, as they had poisoned the mind of the indolent and suspicious king against their victim.[1]
In 1496 Corvinus marriedBeatriceFrangepán, the daughter ofBernard Frangepán and LujzaMarzano d'Aragona [it] (b.1455). His prospects now improved, and in 1498 he was created perpetualBan of Croatia and Slavonia. From 1499 to 1502 he successfully defended the unconquered parts of Bosnia against theTurks, and in the following year aspired to the dignity of Palatine, but was defeated by a combination of Queen Beatrice and his other enemies.[1] He died atKrapina on 12 October 1504, leaving two sons,Christopher, (1499 - 17 March 1505), andMatthias [hu] (1504-1505),[3] and a daughter,Elisabeth (1496-1508).
Bone samples were collected in the Corvinus grave from the remains of John Corvinus andChristopher Corvinus in the church of the Blessed Virgin Mary inLepoglava by the Institute of Hungarian Research in 2021 to define their genetic composition.[4] The team of Endre Neparáczki successfully identified the whole genome sequences of the last two male members of the Hunyadi family by next-generation sequencing technology, and the genetic study was published inHeliyon in 2022.[5]
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