Hunyadi family

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Hungarian noble family noble family

The Hunyadi family was a powerful noble lineage in medieval Hungary, most famous for military leader John Hunyadi and his son Matthias Corvinus, who became one of the country’s most renowned kings.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Hunyadi family canonical 2
Corvin family 1
Corvinus family 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hungarian noble family ⓘ
noble family ⓘ
alliedWith Kingdom of Poland ⓘ
Papacy ⓘ
Serbian Despotate ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Hunyadi family ⓘ
surface form: Corvinus family
associatedCity Buda ⓘ
associatedEvent Battle of Varna ⓘ
Long Campaign (1443–1444) ⓘ
Ottoman–Hungarian wars ⓘ
Second Battle of Kosovo ⓘ
surface form: Second Battle of Kosovo (1448)

Siege of Belgrade (1456) ⓘ
associatedRegion Kingdom of Hungary ⓘ
Transylvania ⓘ
coatOfArmsFeature raven with a ring in its beak ⓘ
country Kingdom of Hungary ⓘ
culturalLegacy important in Hungarian national memory ⓘ
symbol of resistance against Ottoman expansion ⓘ
declinePeriod late 15th century ⓘ
dynasticConnection Jagiellonian dynasty ⓘ
Szilágyi family ⓘ
ethnicOrigin Wallachian ⓘ
founder Voyk (Vajk) Hunyadi ⓘ
languageOfUse Hungarian ⓘ
militaryRole key defenders of Hungary against the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
notableBranch Corvinus branch ⓘ
notableMember Erzsébet Szilágyi ⓘ
surface form: Elizabeth Szilágyi

János Hunyadi ⓘ
surface form: John Hunyadi

Matthias Corvinus ⓘ
Michael Szilágyi ⓘ
notableStronghold Belgrade Fortress ⓘ
surface form: Belgrade fortress

Hunedoara Castle ⓘ
opponent Kingdom of Bohemia ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Bohemia (in various conflicts)

Ottoman Empire ⓘ
patronage Renaissance culture in Hungary ⓘ
fortification building and modernization ⓘ
politicalInfluence regency of the Kingdom of Hungary ⓘ
politicalRole leading magnate family in the Kingdom of Hungary ⓘ
producedMonarch Matthias Corvinus ⓘ
surface form: Matthias Corvinus, King of Hungary
region Central Europe ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
riseToProminence early 15th century ⓘ
seatOfPower Buda ⓘ
Transylvania ⓘ
timePeriod 15th century ⓘ
titleHeld Count of Beszterce ⓘ
Regent-Governor of Hungary ⓘ
Voivode of Transylvania ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kingdom of Hungary → rulingDynasty → Hunyadi family ⓘ
Matthias Corvinus → nobleFamily → Hunyadi family ⓘ
Hunyadi family → alsoKnownAs → Hunyadi family ⓘ
this entity surface form: Corvinus family
Corvin Castle → namedAfter → Hunyadi family ⓘ
this entity surface form: Corvin family