This ruler is the subject of the quaint story "The Squash and the Colt."
This ruler is the subject of the quaint story "The Squash and the Colt." His life was chronicled by his court historian Antonio Bonfini and he married Beatrice of Naples, the daughter of Ferdinand of Aragon. After his rule was sanctioned by Frederick III, he began to enlarge his renowned standing force known as the Black Army. His greatest military defeat came at the Battle of Baia, where he was wounded by arrows and nearly killed by Stephen the Great of Moldavia. But this son of Janos Hunyadi marched into and ruled from Vienna for the last five years of his life. FTP, name this celebrated king ►of Hungary from 1458-1490, whose epithet derives from the animal on his coat of arms, the crow.
This ruler is the subject of the quaint story "The Squash and the Colt."
Matthias Corvinus (either name is acceptable, or Matthew or Corvin or Corwin, etc.) 