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John Hunyadi (Hungarian: Hunyadi János; Romanian: Ioan de Hunedoara; Croatian: Janko Hunjadi; Serbian: Сибињанин Јанко, romanized: Sibinjanin Janko; c. 1406 – 11 August 1456) was a leading Hungarian military and political figure during the 15th century, who served as regent of the Kingdom of Hungary from 1446 to 1453, under the minor Ladislaus V.
When John Hunyadi defeated Mezid Bey and the raiding Ottoman army in the southern part of the Kingdom of Hungary in Transylvania, Hunyadi chased the Ottomans beyond the Hungarian borders and the Hungarian army penetrated Wallachia at the Red Tower Pass, Hunyadi forced Voivode Vlad II Dracul to again be a Hungarian vassal.
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 , Lower Lusatia , Upper Lusatia , and Silesia ) from 1469 until 1490, and Duke of Austria from 1487 until 1490.
Tourists are told that it was the place where Vlad the Impaler, Prince of Wallachia, was held prisoner by John Hunyadi, Hungary's military leader and regent during the King's minority. [7] Corvin Castle is sometimes mentioned as a source of inspiration for Castle Dracula in Bram Stoker 's 1897 horror novel Dracula , although Stoker was unaware ...
Transylvania was ruled by Radu Şerban of Wallachia who held the title of voivode [17] September 1603–1604: Transylvania is administered by General Giorgio Basta in the name of Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor [18] 1605–1606: Stephen Bocskai: 1 January 1557 Kolozsvár (Cluj-Napoca) son of George Bocskai and Krisztina Sulyok Kata Hagymássy ...
Hunyadi was the first noble to receive a hereditary title from a Hungarian king, ... Michael I Apafi, the prince of Transylvania (r. 1661–1690), ...
John Hunyadi, (c.1406–1456), Voivode of Transylvania, Regent of Hungary Orban (–1453), Hungarian iron founder and engineer Vlad the Impaler (1428/31–1476/77), Prince of Wallachia
Vladislav retaliated by embargoing all Wallachian trade to Brașov County, then part of Hunyadi's Transylvania. However, on 15 November 1455, after Hunyadi informed the people of Brașov that the embargo would be lifted, Vladislav seized back Transylvanian possessions, and attacked the Făgăraș fortress and in the process burns a few Saxon ...