Peace of Olomouc

Bohemia [1478]

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The Peace of Olomouc was an agreement in 1478 that concluded a conflict between the Hungarian king Matthias I and Vladislas II, the elected king of Bohemia. While Vladislas retained control of Bohemia, Matthias was granted temporary possession of Moravia, Silesia, and Lusatia. This treaty allowed Vladislas to strengthen his position in Bohemia, though it temporarily ceded significant territories to Hungary. The agreement was a key event during the Jagiellonian dynasty's rule over Bohemia and Hungary, a period marked by the decline of royal authority and the increasing power of the nobility.12

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At the Peace of Olomouc (1478), Moravia was ceded to Hungary. Olomouc was considered the Moravian capital during the Thirty Years’ War (1618–48), when it was occupied and plundered by the Swedes. The badly damaged town was displaced after 1640 by Brno as the foremost city of…
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At the Peace of Olomouc (1478), Moravia was ceded to Hungary. Olomouc was considered the Moravian capital during the Thirty Years’ War (1618–48), when it was occupied and plundered by the Swedes. The badly damaged town was displaced after 1640 by Brno as the foremost city of…
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The Jagiellonian kings
…enough to defeat Matthias; an agreement concluded in 1478 enabled Vladislas to strengthen his position in Bohemia but left Matthias in temporary possession of the remaining crown provinces. After Matthias’s death in 1490, however, Vladislas was elected king of Hungary (as Ulászló II) and thus finally reunited the provinces with…
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…enough to defeat Matthias; an agreement concluded in 1478 enabled Vladislas to strengthen his position in Bohemia but left Matthias in temporary possession of the remaining crown provinces. After Matthias’s death in 1490, however, Vladislas was elected king of Hungary (as Ulászló II) and thus finally reunited the provinces with…
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