Balkan Peninsula, appearance of Turks on, 299
Barbara, wife of Sigismund, negotiates with Ladislaus III. of Poland, 193; imprisoned, 193
Bardico, John, captain of the republic of Venice, 180
Báthory Stephen, traitor to the son of Matthias, 261, 285; at battle of Mohács, 288
Batthyányi, Count Louis, deputy from county of Pesth, 121; president of new ministry, 424
Batu Khan, leads Mongolians across the Carpathian range, 138; massacres Kuthen, defeats Béla at Muhi, 139; retreats from Trau, 141
Bazarád, Ban Michael, ruler of Wallachia, revolt of, 160
Beatrice, daughter of the king of Naples, wife of Matthias, 234; favors candidature of Maximilian of Germany, 260
Béla, Adalbert, brother of Andrew, 103; defeats Henry III., 103; popularity of, 104; feud with Andrew, 105; conquers Andrew, 106; proclaimed king, 106
Béla I., rebellion against, 106; sons of, resign claim to throne in favor of Solomon, 107
Béla II., son of Almos, ascends the throne, 117; Ilona, wife of, 117; vengeance of, at Arad, 117; dies, 118; Geyza II., son of, 118
Béla III., brother of Stephen III., 98; goes to Constantinople, 119; adopted by Manuel, 119; takes oath never to attack the Greek empire, 119; returns to his native country and ascends throne, 120; restores order, 120; introduction through wives of German and French manners, 122; Emeric, son of, 123; dies, 123
Béla IV., ascends the throne, 133; drives back Frederic, of Austria, 134; admits Kuthen, king of the Kuns, and his people into the land, 135; defeated by the Mongolians at Muhi, 139; flees to Spalato, then to Trau, 141; returns to Hungary, 141; strives to revive his desolated country, 142; founds Buda, 144; triumphs over Frederick, of Austria, 144; dies, 145
Belgrade, Turks defeated by Hunyadi at, 214; taken by the Turks, 284
Bethlen, Gabriel, Prince of Transylvania, leads the Czechs and Protestants of Hungary, and takes Presburg, 348; makes terms With Viennese government, 348; dies, 350
_Black Troop_, organized by Matthias, 224
Bocskay, Stephen, Prince of Transylvania, leads insurrection against the Hapsburgs, 345; proclaimed king of Hungary by the Turks, 345; counsels a conciliatory policy, 346
Bonafini, lectures of, at the court of Matthias, 249
Buda, assembly of lords at, 184; under Matthias, 252; founded by Béla IV., 144; captured by Solyman the Magnificent, 289; restored to Hungary, 332; diet at, 386