Treaty of Ófalu

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Treaty of Ófalu
Drafted1472–1474
Signed21 February 1474 (1474-02-21)
Location
Kingdom of Poland
RatifiersKing Matthias, 27 February 1474, Czorsztyn
Hungarian nobility, 24 April 1474[3]
LanguageLatin

The Treaty of Ófalu was a peace treaty signed by the

Kingdom of Poland and the Kingdom of Hungary
in 1474.

Background

In 1423–24 the Hungarian-Polish relations were characterized relatively good. Though in 1429–30

Breslau.[3]

After the death of Albert I Władysław III was crowned Hungarian King under the name of Vladislas I and controlled both countries in a personal union. After his death, the nobility of both countries had different issues to deal with thus the Hungarian-Polish relationship can be characterized as neutral. After the death of King Ladislas IV, Casimir, King of Poland also claimed the Hungarian throne, which brought him to turn against King Matthias. This time Casimir took no steps and waited for a better opportunity, like the one that came in 1471.

Premise

Attack of Casimir in 1471 (green)[4] [5]

In 1453 during the Hungarian-Czech War the situation radically changed. Matthias wanted to create a Polish-Austrian-Hungarian coalition, and was up to pledge it with marital relationships. His emissary to

Bishop of Olomouc, however, did not succeed in putting this idea to reality. The Polish envoys in Olomouc, in turn, who tried to mediate between the Czechs and the Hungarians were ordered to the Pope or the Emperor.[3]

In 1469 the Czech Catholic estates elected Matthias the King of Bohemia and he proposed to the daughter of Casimir but the Polish King refused it. He did so because

Peace Treaty of Wiener Neustadt in 1463, and denied to ultimately cede it to Ladislaus.[3]

In 1471 there was an unexpected turn: George of Poděbrady died on 22 March 1471,

Sixtus IV's emissary in Kraków who intervened and urged the maintenance of peace.[10]

Neisse. This meeting ended without success, similarly to the 15 August 1473 Troppau meeting, because Matthias was not willing to give up the occupied territories in Bohemia.[3]

The treaty

Hungarian mortgages to Poland (yellow)

The negotiations are now crowned with success. Matthias denounced his conquests in

Szepesváralja, Sztrázsa and the forts of Gnézda, Podolin and Lubowla remained pawned to Poland though their integrity within Hungary was maintained thus freeing themselves of many Polish taxes.[2]

Aftermath

After a month the war resumed in March 1474, when Frederick III and

Boroszló, and declared his engagement to Beatrice during the siege of the town. The Czech-Polish forces took a lot of captives but because their siege was unprepared, they were in lack of food and asked for a truce from the defenders. It is a very unlikely event in military history.[14]

The mortgaged towns were regained on 5 November 1772 during the

First partition of Poland.[2]

References

  1. ^
    Budapest, Hungary
    : Lengyel-Magyar Baráti Kör. pp. 188–193.
  2. ^
    ISBN 978-963-277-154-0
    . Retrieved June 26, 2011.
  3. ^
    ISBN 963-00-3094-2
    .
  4. ISBN 963-327-017-0
    .
  5. ISBN 963-351-696-X
    .
  6. ^ a b Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Matthias I., Hunyadi" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 17 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 900–901.
  7. ISBN 978-963-389-981-6
    .
  8. ISBN 963-506-040-8. Archived from the original
    on June 5, 2010. Retrieved October 9, 2010.
  9. ISBN 963-389-129-9
    . Retrieved October 9, 2010.
  10. ASIN B001C6WHOI
    .
  11. ISBN 963-85923-2-X
    . Retrieved June 26, 2011.
  12. ISBN 0-520-02392-7
    . Retrieved 2 October 2010.
  13. ^ Hermann Markgraf (1881). "Johann II., Herzog in Schlesien" [John II, Duke of Silesia]. Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie 14 (in German). Retrieved 13 October 2010.
  14. ISBN 963-85552-4-6
    . Retrieved June 26, 2011.
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