Mátyás Hunyadi
Election of the king
24 January 1458
The Estates meeting in Buda and Pest – in the shadow of his uncle Mihály Szilágyi's arms – elected Mátyás Hunyadi king of Hungary unanimously on this day.
Biographical information
Born: 24 February 1443 at Kolozsvár
Father: János Hunyadi
Elected king: 24 January 1458
Coronation: 29 March 1464 at Székesfehérvár
Died: 6 April 1490 in Vienna