Beatrix of Aragon

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Beatrix of Aragón (born November 16, 1457 in Capua , † September 23, 1508 near Naples ) was the daughter of Ferdinand I , King of Naples. She became the wife of Matthias Corvinus and thus Queen of Hungary and Bohemia.

Beatrix and Matthias

Beatrix had received an excellent upbringing at her father's court. Contemporaries praised their exceptional education. She married the Hungarian King Matthias Corvinus on December 22nd, 1476 in Ofen . She had been crowned Queen of Hungary ten days earlier .

Through their influence, Hungary became a center of the Renaissance . For the first time outside of Italy, a Renaissance palace was built on the Visegrad Castle and became the center of court life. The Bibliotheca Corviniana housed here became one of the most important libraries of its time, only surpassed by the collections of the Vatican . The university in Pest was renewed at her instigation, and a new one was founded in Pressburg .

But the marriage remained childless. Contrary to the will of the king, who had appointed his illegitimate son Johann to be his successor, Beatrix wanted to keep her throne. She helped Vladislav II , the son of the Polish king, with the support of the Hungarian nobility to the throne and received a promise of marriage in return. The marriage was concluded on October 4, 1490 in Esztergom by Bishop Tamás Bakócz . After the coronation, Vladislav II managed to divorce Beatrix (actually not possible under canon law). Because of a mistake that the bishop had deliberately made, the marriage on April 2, 1500 by Pope Alexander VI. be canceled.

Beatrix returned to Naples, where she died on September 23, 1508 in a monastery on the island of Ischia .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Antonius Lux (ed.): Great women of world history. 1000 biographies in words and pictures . Sebastian Lux Verlag , Munich 1963, p. 49.
Predecessors Office Successor
Barbara of Brandenburg Queen of Bohemia
1490–1500 		Anne de Foix-Candale
Catherine of Podebrady Queen of Hungary
1476–1500 		Anne de Foix-Candale
personal data
SURNAME Beatrix of Aragon
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Queen of Hungary
DATE OF BIRTH November 16, 1457
PLACE OF BIRTH Capua
DATE OF DEATH September 23, 1508
Place of death Naples