Legacy Matters

Unusual Deaths in Hungary

After being tipped by Hanan Levin, I perused a most interesting list of unusual deaths in Wikipedia, Rulers of Hungary seem to suffer particularly unfortunate deaths throughout the ages.

895: Almos, the top chieftain leading Hungarian tribes towards the Carpathian basin, was executed in a horse sacrifice on the border, not allowed to enter the haven for ritual reasons.

1063: King Béla I of Hungary died when his tall wooden throne collapsed due to sabotage.

1490: Matthias Corvinus the most successful king of Hungary died after eating poisoned figs.

1514 Gyorgy Dozas, leader of the Great Hungarian Peasant Uprising, was roasted alive on a white hot iron chair while his captured companions were forced to eat his meat.

1526: King Louis II of Hungary drowned in a stream under the weight of his own plate armour while fleeing the Ottomans after the lost battle of Mohacs.

1541: George Friar, Governor of Transylvania, was assasinated but his body was not discovered in his room until half a year later, as people thought he simply retracted to some months of hermit-hood.

1973: Péter Vályi finance minister of Hungary fell into a blast furnanceon visit to a steelworks factory at Miskolc.