Matthews
(JAMES) BRANDER, an American author; born in New Orleans, La., Feb. 21, 1852. He was graduated at Columbia College in 1871, and from Columbia Law School in 1873, being admitted to the bar the same year. He soon turned to literature, taking especial interest in the drama, and made himself an authority on French dramatic literature; also wrote several clever comedies. He was one of the founders of the Auof Bohemia in 1611, and on the death of Rudolph in the following year he was chosen emperor. He died broken down by the sense of the calamities impending over his dominions, March 20, 1619.
MATTHIAS CORVINUS (-vē'nös), called the GREAT, King of Hungary and Bohemia; born in Klausenburg, March 27, 1443. He was the son of John Huniades. The enemies of his father confined him in prison in Bohemia; but, on regaining his liberty, he was elected King of Hungary, in 1458, when only 15 years of age. His election, however, was opposed by many of the Hungarian magnates, who offered the crown to Frederick III. The Turks, profiting by these divisions, invaded the country, but were expelled by Matthias, who compelled Frederick to yield to him the crown of St. Stephen. The war was afterward renewed, and Matthias, overrunning Austria, took Vienna and Neustadt; on which the emperor was obliged to make a peace in 1487. He died in Vienna, April 6, 1490.