C. 146
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GRABINSCHRIFT DES MATTHIAS, KÖNIG VON UNGARN
EPITAPHIUM MATTHIAE REGIS HUNGARIAE
Beschreibung
This anonymous poem is an epitaph of Matthias Corvinus, King of Hungary (1443-1490), who died unexpectedly in Vienna on 6 April 1490. Only death could defeat the mighty ruler and conqueror, the inscription states.
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| 1 | Matthias iaceo rex hac sub mole sepultus: | Ich, König Matthias, liege unter diesem massigen Bau begraben: | sepultus
Matthias's funeral was held in St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna and he was buried in Székesfehérvár Cathedral on 24 or 25 April 1490.
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| 2 | Testatur vires Austria victa meas, | Das besiegte Österreich bezeugt meine Macht, | Austria victa
Matthias Corvinus had conquered large parts of the Habsburg territories from 1482 and ruled them, residing in Vienna, until 1490.
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| 3 | Terror eram mundo, metuit me Caesar uterque – | ich war der Schrecken der Welt, beide Kaiser fürchteten mich - | Caesar uterque
Emperor Frederick III and Maximilian I, who had been elected King of the Romans in 1486 and had since then taken over important military and governmental tasks at his father's side.
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| 4 | Mors tantum potuit sola nocere mihi. | nur der Tod allein konnte mir schaden. |