The affair was in negotiation when Matthias was taken sick and died the 15th of July, 1490.

He left no heir, and the Hungarian nobles chose Ladislaus, King of Bohemia, to succeed him.

Maximilian had been confident of obtaining the crown of Hungary.

Exasperated by the disappointment, he relinquished all idea of purchasing his patrimonial estates, but making a sudden rush with his troops upon the Hungarians, he drove them out of Austria, and pursued them far over the frontiers of Hungary.

Ladislaus, the new King of Hungary, now listened to terms of peace.