Matilda of Hungary

About the show

Queen Matilda’s husband, King Ladislaus, is missing after battle, and she flees a court faction with Count Magnus, who proposes marriage and is rejected. Mountaineer Podiebrad, who resembles the king and has saved Matilda, agrees to impersonate Ladislaus. The people welcome him; Matilda realizes the deception but goes along with it. Podiebrad leads the army to victory. After Magnus’s assassination and exposure schemes fail, Podiebrad admits his identity to the senate, which hails him as king. Matilda crowns him, and Magnus is sentenced to death.