born 1407?, Hunyad, Transylvania
died Aug. 11, 1456, Belgrade
Hungarian general.
Son of a knight, he saw military service under King Sigismund . While in Italy he learned new military techniques from Varna (1444). In 1446 he was elected regent for the young king, Laszlo V, and he served as governor of the kingdom of Hungary 1446–52. In 1456 he raised the Turkish siege of Belgrade before dying of disease. For stopping the supposedly invincible Turkish armies, he is considered a Hungarian national hero.