MATHEW HENRY (Count of Thurn), leader of the Protestants, [234].
convention called by, [236].
MATTHIAS (of Hungary), invasion of Austria by, [75].
death of, [79].
MATTHIAS, character of, [201].
chosen leader of the revolters in the Netherlands, [202].
increasing popularity of, [203].
announces his determination to depose Rhodolph III., [204].
his demand that Rhodolph should abdicate, [205].
distrust of by the Protestants, [205].
arrest of the Lord of Inzendorf by, [206].
reluctance of to sign the conditions, [207].
elected king, [207].
haughtiness of towards the Austrians, [208].
political reconciliation between Rhodolph III. and, [219].
march of against Leopold, [221].
limitations affixed to the offer of the crown to, [222].
coronation of, [224].
marriage of, [225].
suspicions of the Catholics against, [229].
elected Emperor of Germany, [229].
thwarted in his attempts to levy an army, [230].
concludes a truce with Turkey, [231].
his revival of the ban against the Protestants, [231].
efforts of to secure the crown of Germany for Ferdinand, [232].
opposed by the Protestants, [233].
defiant reply of to the congress at Prague, [236].
disposition of to favor toleration, [239].
death of, [344].
MAURICE (of Saxony), Protestant principles of, [131].
treaty of with the King of France, [132]
capture of the Tyrol by, [133].
demands of from Charles V., [135]
death of, [137].
MAXIMILIAN I., ambition of, [84].
efforts of to rouse the Italians, [88].
efforts to secure the Swiss estates, [89].
defeat of at the diet of Worms, [87].
roused to new efforts, [92].
superstitious fraud of, [93].
drawn into a war with Bavaria, [94].
league formed by against the Venetians, [95].
abandoned by his allies, [97].
perseverance of rewarded, [98].
confident of success against Italy, [99].
letter of to his daughter, [99].
success beginning to attend, [100].
plans of to secure the crowns of Hungary and Bohemia, [101].
contempt of for the pope, [103].
peculiarities of exhibited, [103].
death of, [104].
accomplishments of, [105].
MAXIMILIAN II. allowed to assume the title of emperor elect, [161].
character of, [169].
his letter to the Elector Palatine, [170].
profession of the Catholic faith, [170].
address of to Henry of Valois, [172].
liberal toleration maintained by, [172].
answer of to the complaints of the diet, [173].
offer of to pay tribute to the Turks, [174].
elected King of Poland, [180].
death of, [181].
character and acquirements of, [182].
tribute of honor by the ambassadors to, [183].
wife of, [183].
fate of his children, [184].
MAXIMILIAN (brother of Matthias), the candidate of the Protestants, [229].
MAXIMILIAN JOSEPH, ascends the throne of Bavaria, [451].
MEINHARD, legitimate rights of, [50].
death of, [50].
MELANCTHON, character of, [119].