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

  1. ↑ 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. 
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