Szilágyi – Hunyadi Liga

[10][11][12] Under duress, King Ladislaus the Posthumous promised he would never take his revenge against the Hunyadis for Ulrich's killing.

[11][17][18] The civil war between the Szilágyi – Hunyadi League and the barons loyal to the monarch continued until the sudden death of the childless King Ladislaus on 23 November 1457.

[21] Ladislaus's elder sister Anna and her husband, William III, Landgrave of Thuringia laid claim to his inheritance but received no support from the Estates.

[22] Pope Calixtus III's legate Cardinal Juan Carvajal, who had been John Hunyadi's admirer, began openly campaigning for Matthias.

[11][22] Stirred up by Szilágyi, the noblemen gathered on the frozen River Danube and unanimously proclaimed the 14-year-old Matthias King on 24 January.