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XX future he could ascend to the imperial throne. This plan had actually been born in the Hungarian court before 1468. The Habsburgs decided to join forces with Casimir Jagiellon and acknowledge his sons’ succession rights to the thrones of Bohemia and Hungary. However, this was an alliance characterized by mutual distrust. 66 The death of George of Poděbrad on 22 March 1472 put an end to all this jostling. The Bohemian election took place in Kutná Hora in May 1471, and there were only three real candidates: Vladislaus, the Polish Prince, Matthias, King of Hungary and Albert the Bold, Duke of Saxony. Finally, on 27 May Vladislaus was unanimously elected as King of Bohemia. When Poland accepted the conditions made by the Bohemians, a Polish military expedition, headed by the elected successor, set out to Prague where Vladislaus was crowned King of Bohemia on 22 July 1471.67 However, the son of Casimir Jagiellon only ruled over Bohemia proper, whereas his Hungarian rival held those Bohemian lands which he occupied after the war with George of Poděbrad had begun, namely Moravia, Silesia and Lusatia. They both considered themselves legitimate kings of Bohemia. After the election in Kutná Hora, King Matthias was trying to employ diplomatic measures to reach an agreement with the Jagiellons. He sent a legation to Casimir Jagiellon, once again led by Tas of Boskovice. However, the mission of the Bishop of Olomouc yielded no results.68 Corvinus was also unable to stand his ground against the Polish troops who accompanied Vladislaus II to Prague in July 1471. This was partially due to the confederation of Hungarian lords who in the summer of 1471 rebelled against Matthias (e.g. John Vitéz, Archbishop of Esztergom, Osvald Túz, Bishop of Zagreb, John Csezmicei [Janus Pannonius], Bishop of Pécs, Rainauld Rozgonyi and Nicholas Perenyi). They opposed the king’s centralising policy as well as his foreign policy. They believed he was too preoccupied with Bohemia, Poland and Germany, which in their understanding meant the neglect of the Southern border and put the country at the risk of a Turkish invasion. The plotters called Corvinus a “tyrant”. They were planning to overthrow him and enthrone the younger son of Casimir Jagiellon, Prince 66 Górski, 1982. 485.; Łowmiański, 1999. 281.; Kalous, 2009. 140–141.; Baczkowski, 2014. 18– 19., 25–26. 67 Długosz, Lib. XII/2. 267–274.; Heck, Roman: Elekcja kutnohorska. W pięćsetlecie objęcia przez Jagiellonów rządów królestwa czeskiego. Śląski Kwartalnik Historyczny Sobótka 32. (1971). 193–235.; Górski, 1982. 486–487.; Łowmiański, 1999. 283–284.; Kalous, 2009. 142–144.; Januszek-Sieradzka, Agnieszka: Zwycięzcy i przegrani w dziejach średniowiecznej i wczesnonowożytnej Polski i Czech. Ed. Iwańczak, Wojciech, Karczewski, Dariusz. Kraków, 2012. 171–190.; Baczkow ski, 2014. 40–55. 68 Baczkowski, 2014. 49–51.
