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Jure Grando Alilović or Giure Grando (1578–1656) was a villager from the region of Istria (in modern-day Croatia) who may have been the first real person described as a vampire in historical records. [1] He was referred to as a štrigon, a local word for something resembling a vampire and a warlock. [2]
Matthias's only known child John Corvinus was born out of wedlock in 1473. [ 279 ] [ 280 ] His mother Barbara Edelpöck , the daughter of a citizen of Stein in Lower Austria, met the King in early 1470. [ 279 ]
After leaving the capital, Mehmed discovered 23,844 impaled Turks whom Vlad had killed during his invasion of Bulgaria. The number is mentioned by Vlad himself in a letter to Matthias Corvinus. The sultan and his troops then sailed to Brăila and burned it to the ground before retreating to Adrianople. Mehmed's forces returned home with many ...
A contemporaneous sculpture of Matthias Corvinus. Matthias, the younger son of John Hunyadi the elder and Elizabeth Szilágyi, was born on 23 February 1443. [55] He was arrested upon the orders of King Ladislaus V of Hungary on 14 March 1457, together with his elder brother Ladislaus. [54] Matthias's brother was executed two days after having ...
The title page reflects the period of transition, on the miniature King Matthias Corvinus and Queen Beatrice were depicted, the coat of arms on the bottom left is already of King Vladislaus II of Hungary who reigned from 1490 after the death of King Matthias. Ranzano took the uncompleted manuscript to Italy, and after his death, his nephew ...
David dies after a raid by Lycans led by Quint Lane, but he is revived by Selene using her Vampire-Corvinus Strain Hybrid blood, metamorphosing him into a Vampire-Corvinus Strain Hybrid too. During the final assault on Antigen, David, now with similar abilities to Selene, including sunlight immunity, arrives to help unexpectedly.
Matthias was thus forced to meet George of Poděbrady, which allegedly took place on 27 February [4] in the building of a burnt-out forge in the village of Úhrov under a later memorable linden tree. The actual content of the conversation cannot be verified, but Corvinus promised there that he would leave further anmosity towards the Bohemian king.
The Bohemian War (1468–1478) began when the Kingdom of Bohemia was invaded by the king of Hungary, Matthias Corvinus. Matthias invaded with the pretext of returning Bohemia to Catholicism; at the time, it was ruled by the Hussite king, George of Poděbrady. Matthias' invasion was largely successful, leading to his acquisition of the southern ...