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The Rise and Fall of John Hunyadi

After Sigismund died in 1437, the crown of Hungary passed to his son-in-law. John Hunyadi was not initially an important figure. But he was a talented soldier and politician. The Hungarian Civil War and the ever-present Ottoman threat allowed him to elevate himself into the peak of Hungarian politics.

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