Life
His father was John Corvinus, an illegitimate son of King Matthias I. His mother was Beatrice Frankopan, the member of famous Croatian noble family, the Frankopans. His sister was Elisabeth, fiancee György Zápolya, King John Zapolya's younger brother. After his father's death in 1504, he became the head of the Hunyadi family, but soon he died and the royal house was extinct in male line, because he was its last male member. It was rumoured that he had been poisoned. His sister, Elisabeth also died soon without issue. He was buried at the monastery of Lepoglava, beside his father.
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