Monarchs of Hungary — engraving

"Bela IV, Venceslao, Mattia Gorvino"

"Monarchs of Hungary: 1. Bela IV 2. Venceslao 3. Maria 7. Mattia Corvino".

1. Béla IV (1206–1270), King of Hungary (1235–1270), Duke of Styria (1254–1258).
He came from the Arpad dynasty, son of Andras II the Crusader, grandson of Béla III.
One of the most famous kings in the history of the Hungarian state, he consolidated power in the model of his grandfather Béla III and restored the country to the Mongol aftermath in 1241.

2. Wenceslas II (1137 - 1192), Prince of Brno 1173-1177, Prince of Olomouc 1174-1179, Prince of the Czech Republic 1191-1192, the youngest of the four sons of the Prince of the Czech Republic Sobeslav I and Adelaide of Hungary.

3. Mary, reigning queen of Hungary and Croatia, daughter of King Lajos I the Great of Hungary, Croatia and Poland and Elizabeth of Bosnia. The last representative of the Anjou-Sicilian dynasty on the Hungarian throne.

7. Matthias I Corvinus or Matthias Hunyadi (1443 - 1490) - Hungarian king from the Transylvanian magnate family of Hunyadi. Under him, the medieval Hungarian kingdom reached the peak of its power. Matthias was proclaimed King of Hungary on January 24, 1458. He was also King of Croatia (from 1458), the Czech Republic (from 1469) and Duke of Austria (from 1487).

Technique, Material: Handcoloured copperplate engraving / Paper
Artist:   Engraver: Luigi Giarre
Date, Publisher: Giulio Ferrario's,  "Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World", Florence, 1831.
Size: sheet  22,5 х 14,5 cm.