Michael Szilágyi [SEP] date of death
Michael Szilágyi
Michael Szilágyi de Horogszeg (; ? 1400 – Constantinople, 1460) was a Hungarian general, Regent of Hungary, Count of Beszterce and Head of Szilágyi–Hunyadi Liga.
Family.
He was born in the early 15th century as vice-ispán of Bács County, son of the captain of Srebrenik, Ladislaus Szilágyi and Catherine Bellyéni. The common noble family derived its name of Horogszegi from its estate in the county of Temes. His sister, Elisabeth, was John Hunyadi's wife.
Life.
His mother Erzsébet Szilágyi and her brother Michael Szilágyi founded Szilágyi – Hunyadi Liga, and staged a rebellion against the King and occupied large territories in the regions to the east of the river Tisza. King Ladislaus fled to Vienna in mid-1457, and from Vienna to Prague in September, taking Matthias with him. The civil war between the Szilágyi – Hunyadi Liga and the barons loyal to the monarch continued until the sudden death of the young King Ladislaus on 23 November 1457. Hereafter the Hussite Regent of BohemiaGeorge of Poděbradyheld Matthias captive.