The second Peace of Pressburg (also known as the Treaty of Pressburg) was a

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concluded in Pressburg (then Pozsony, today's

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) that brought a resolution to the earlier

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. It was signed on 7 November 1491 between King of the Romans Maximilian I and King

Vladislaus II of Bohemia and Hungary Vladislaus II, also known as Vladislav, Władysław or Wladislas ( hu, II. Ulászló; 1 March 1456 – 13 March 1516), was King of Bohemia from 1471 to 1516, and King of Hungary and Croatia from 1490 to 1516. As the eldest son of Casimir IV Jagi ...

. Under this agreement, Vladislaus renounced his claim on

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and agreed that Maximilian should succeed to the Hungarian crown if Vladislaus left no legitimate male issue. Vladislaus did have a son in 1506, however, so this condition had no effect. The assembly of

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that led to the treaty had gathered a total of 63 dignitaries from the

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and the

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. The treaty reiterated an earlier agreement about royal succession that had been reached by Maximilian's father, Holy Roman Emperor

Friedrich III Frederick III may refer to: * Frederick III, Duke of Upper Lorraine (died 1033) * Frederick III, Duke of Swabia (1122–1190) * Friedrich III, Burgrave of Nuremberg (1220–1297) * Frederick III, Duke of Lorraine (1240–1302) * Frederick III of ...

, with

Mathias Corvinus Matthias Corvinus, also called Matthias I ( hu, Hunyadi Mátyás, ro, Matia/Matei Corvin, hr, Matija/Matijaš Korvin, sk, Matej Korvín, cz, Matyáš Korvín; ), was King of Hungary and Croatia from 1458 to 1490. After conducting several m ...

of Hungary.

References

{{Treaties of Hungary 1490s treaties History of Bratislava

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