Pál Kinizsi
Pál Kinizsi | |
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| Count (comes) and Captain-General (generalis capitaneus) | |
Pál Kinizsi in a Romantic painting depicting him in 17th-century Hussar uniform. | |
| Coat of arms | |
| Born | 1432 |
| Died | 1494 |
| Spouse(s) | Benigna Magyar |
| Occupation | Hungarian magnate and general |
| Memorials | Statue in Budapest by János Pásztor (1930) |
Pál Kinizsi (Latin: Paulus de Kenezy; Romanian: Paul Chinezu; 1432–1494) was a Hungarian general in the service of Hungarian army under king Matthias Corvinus. He was the Count of Temes County (in the historical Banat region, in the Kingdom of Hungary now part of Romania and Serbia after annexation at the Treaty of Trianon) from 1484 and Captain-General of the Lower Parts. He was a general of King Mathias's famed Black Army. He is famous for his victory over the Ottomans in the Battle of Breadfield in October 1479. He reputedly never lost a battle.