John Hunyadi
Military Commander
1407 – 1456
Who was John Hunyadi?
John Hunyadi was a leading Hungarian military and political figure in Central and Southeastern Europe during the 15th century. According to most contemporary sources, he was son of a noble family of Romanian ancestry. He mastered his military skills on the southern borderlands of the Kingdom of Hungary that were exposed to Ottoman attacks. Appointed voivode of Transylvania and head of a number of southern counties, he assumed responsibility for the defense of the frontiers in 1441.
Hunyadi adopted the Hussite method of using wagons for military purposes. He employed professional soldiers, but also mobilized local peasantry against invaders. These innovations contributed to his earliest successes against the Ottoman troops who were plundering the southern marches in the early 1440s. Although defeated in the battle of Varna in 1444 and in the second battle of Kosovo in 1448, his successful "Long Campaign" across the Balkan Mountains in 1443–44 and defence of Belgrade/Nándorfehérvár in 1456, against troops led personally by the Sultan established his reputation as a great general.
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- Born
- 1407
Transylvania - Also known as
- Iancu de Hunedoara
- Ioan (Ion) Huniade
- Ioan Corvin
- Ioan Huniade
- Ion Huniade
- Хуньяди, Янош
- 匈雅提·亚诺什
- Parents
- Spouses
- Erzsébet Szilágyi
(1432 - 1456/08/11)
- Erzsébet Szilágyi
- Children
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Nationality
- Hungary
- Died
- Aug 11, 1456
Zemun
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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