PHOTOS: Greatest Hungarian king’s earthly remains to be uncovered due to outstanding discovery!

King Matthias (1458-1490) is unquestionably one of the greatest Hungarian monarchs. A member of the Hunyadi family, Matthias was almost elected Holy Roman emperor. During his reign, Hungary was one of Europe’s “superpowers” and a hub of the Renaissance. Matthias died more than half a millennia ago, and we might be able to find his bones now.

According to Blikk, we know exactly where the great Hungarian king was buried in 1490 when he died in probably a stroke. His body was laid to rest in the Saint Stephen basilica in Székesfehérvár, which served as the coronation city of the Hungarian Kingdom in the Middle Ages.

However, even though we know where his bones are, we have not identified any of his them yet. That is why a recent announcement from the Institute of Hungarian Research (Magyarságkutató Intézet) is important. According to their relevant Facebook post, they identified the entire DNA sequence of the Hunyadi family. Thanks to a new generation sequencing, they defined that János Corvin’s (Matthias’s son) and Kristóf Corvin’s (Matthias’s grandson) haplogroup was E1b1b1a1b1a6a1c. That refers to Eurasian ancestors. The haplogroup was found before in human remains in Sardinia and Kazakhstan.