Two brothers will fight for the Hungarian throne as Eastern and Central Europe are reshaped by new rulers. Far to the West, a new continent is discovered and a new people are welcomed into the Ottoman Empire.

Major Characters in this Episode

Frederick of Austria

Maximilian of Austria

Vladislaus

John Albert

Alexander I

Casimir IV

John Corvinus

Beatrice of Naples

Sultan Bayezid II

Stephen of Moldavia

Ivan the Great

Timeline for this episode

• 1490-91,  Maximilian of Habsburg and Vladislaus's brother, John Albert, invaded Hungary, but they could not assert their claim and made peace with Vladislaus in November 1491 (peace of Pressburg)

• January 25 1491, Poles defeat a Tatar raid at the Battle of Zaslaw

• September, 1491, Battle of Vrpile

• 1491-1492, Stephen brings Wallachia, Moldavia, and Transylvania together to help protect Hungary from the Ottomans. He also attempts to bring Lithuania and Muscovy into an anti-Ottoman alliance, but fails.

• June 1492, Casimir IV of Poland dies (he actually became King after the death of Władysław III in the Crusade of Varna, remember that?)

• 1492, Jews expelled from Spain

• 1492, The Black Army is accused of heresy and many of its members are roasted alive

• September 11th 1493, Battle of Krbava Field

• 1493, the first book is printed in Southeastern Europe in Zeta, though it only printed religious books for about three years

• 1493, Frederick III dies from gangrene at 77 and his son Maximillian becomes Holy Roman Emperor

• 1493 Kremikovtsi Monastery is reconstructed

• 1493, the Black Army is formally dissolved

• April 1494, all the brothers (Vladislaus et al) join to start an anti-Ottoman crusade