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When was Matthias Corvinus born?

  • 23 February 1443

  • 14 March 1450

  • 6 April 1490

  • 1 May 1410

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Matthias Corvinus was born on 23 February 1443. He was the son of John Hunyadi, a Hungarian military leader, and Elisabeth Szilágyi, a Hungarian noblewoman. Matthias Corvinus became King of Hungary in 1458 and ruled until his death in 1490. He was a successful military leader and expanded the Hungarian kingdom to its greatest extent in centuries.
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