The Black Army (Black Legion or Host) - named after their black armor panoply - is in historigraphy the common name given to the excellent quality of diverse and polyglot military forces serving under the reign of under King Matthias Corvinus of Hungary. Image File history File links Broom_icon. ... Matthias Corvinus (Mátyás in Hungarian), (February 23, 1443 (?) - April 6, 1490) was one of the greatest Kings of Hungary, ruling between 1458 and 1490. ...

It is recognized as the first standing continental European fighting force not under conscription and with regular pay preceding the Roman Empire and reputed to be the first military body to be undefeated in the field (under one ruler) since Alexander the Great in European combat history. Hungary's Black Army traditionally encompasses the years from 1458 to 1490 - a war, Rennaissance-state building and glory-full dogmatic climatic to the sovereign's death who was its greatest benefactor bringing an epochal power and territorial expansion second to that of only Louis the Great of Hungary. Motto Senatus Populusque Romanus (SPQR) The Roman Empire at its greatest extent. ... Alexander the Great (Greek: ,[1] Megas Alexandros; July 356 BC–June 11, 323 BC), also known as Alexander III, king of Macedon (336–323 BC), was one of the most successful military commanders in history. ... A European is primarily a person who was born into one of the countries within the continent of Europe. ... Louis the Great Louis I (the Great), I. (Nagy) Lajos, Ludwik Węgierski (1326 - 1382) became king of Hungary in 1342 at the death of his father. ...

In 1458, Hungary had decided to elect as sovereign a well educated and endowned eighteen year old youth - and sometimes history tends to become suddenly concentrated in one man, who is then obeyed by the world. His father was one of the greatest warlords in Europe, the renowned crusader Regent-General John Hunyadi. After the Hungarian generalissimo Hunyadi, while Christian Europe waited with abated breath, managed to overthrow the conqueror of Constantinople, Mehmed II and the prodigous Ottoman onslaught on the key Hungarian river fortress of Belgrade, Europe was rescued single-handed in 1456. Matthias Corvinus' father's masterly defensive effort at Belgrade 1456 bequethed a lasting legacy to the Western world starting a tradition of symbolic Catholic and European victory over the Ottoman Empire by starting church bells at noon. a tradition that has continued to this day. John Hunyadi, as imagined by a 17th century artist John Hunyadi (Medieval Latin: Ioannes Corvinus, German: Johann Hunyadi; Hungarian: Hunyadi János, Romanian: Iancu or Ioan de Hunedoara) (c. ... Map of Constantinople. ... Mehmed II (Ottoman Turkish: محمد ثانى , Turkish: ), (also known as el-Fatih (الفاتح), the Conqueror, in Ottoman Turkish, or, in modern Turkish, Fatih Sultan Mehmet) (March 30, 1432 – May 3, 1481) was Sultan of the Ottoman Empire for a short time from 1444 to 1446, and later from 1451 to 1481. ... Look up Ottoman, ottoman in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Location of Belgrade within Serbia Coordinates: Country Serbia District City of Belgrade Municipalities 17 Government  - Mayor Nenad Bogdanović (DS) (since 2004)  - Ruling parties DS/DSS/G17+ Area  - City 3,222. ... Motto دولت ابد مدت Devlet-i Ebed-müddet (The Eternal State) Anthem Ottoman imperial anthem Borders in 1680, see: list of territories Capital Söğüt (1299–1326) Bursa (1326–65) Edirne (1365–1453) Constantinople (Ä°stanbul, 1453–1922) Language(s) Ottoman Turkish Government Monarchy [[Category:Former monarchies}}|Ottoman Empire, 1299]] Sultans  - 1281–1326...

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