Barbara Edelpöck
Barbara Edelpöck (Hungarian: Eedelpöck Borbála; died 1495) was the mistress of Matthias Corvinus, King of Hungary. She gave birth to the King's only, although illegitimate, child, John Corvinus.
Life[]
Barbara Edelpöck was a daughter of a citizen of Stein in Lower Austria. She met the King in early 1470.[1]
Notes[]
- ^ Kubinyi 2008, p. 134.
Sources[]
- E. Kovács, Péter (1990). Matthias Corvinus (in Hungarian). Officina Nova. ISBN 963-7835-49-0.
- Kubinyi, András (2008). Matthias Rex. Balassi Kiadó. ISBN 978-963-506-767-1.
- Tanner, Marcus (2009). The Raven King: Matthias Corvinus and the Fate of his Lost Library. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-15828-1.
Categories:
- 1495 deaths
- Mistresses of Hungarian royalty
- Mistresses of Bohemian royalty
- 15th-century Austrian women
- 15th-century Hungarian women
- Hungarian history stubs