Christopher Corvinus or Christopher Hunyadi (; 8 August 1499 in
Bihać
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– 17 March 1505) was Prince of
Hungary
Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia and ...
and the last male member of the Hungarian Royal House of
Hunyadi.
Life
He was born in
Bihać
Bihać is a city and the administrative centre of Una-Sana Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated on the banks of river Una (Sava), Una in northwestern Bosnia and Herzegovina, in th ...
in the year 1499. His father was
John Corvinus
John Corvinus (, Croatian language, Croatian: ''Ivaniš Korvin'', Romanian language, Romanian: ''Ioan Corvin''; 2 April 1473 – 12 October 1504) was the illegitimate son of Matthias Corvinus of Hungary, Matthias Corvinus, King of Hungary, and his ...
, an illegitimate son of
King Matthias I. His mother was
Beatrice de Frangepan, the member of a famous Hungarian noble family. His sister was
Elisabeth, fiancée of
György Zápolya,
King John Zapolya's younger brother, and his brother was Matthias. After his father's death in 1504, he became the head of the
Hunyadi family
The House of Hunyadi was one of the most powerful noble families in the Kingdom of Hungary during the 15th century. A member of the family, Matthias Corvinus, was King of Hungary from 1458 until 1490, King of Bohemia (ruling in Moravia, Low ...
, but soon he died and the royal house was extinct in male line, because his brother had died in same year. It was rumoured that they had been poisoned. His sister, Elisabeth also died soon without issue. He was buried at the monastery of
Lepoglava, beside his father.
Ancestry
Footnotes
Bibliography
*Schönherr, Gyula: ''Hunyadi Corvin János (János Corvinus Hunyadi)'', Franklin-Társulat, Budapest, 1894 URL: See External Links
External links
Schönherr, Gyula: János Corvinus Hunyadi (1473-1504)*
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Hunyadi family
1499 births
1505 deaths
People from Bihać