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Ladislaus V, more commonly known as Ladislaus the Posthumous (Hungarian: Utószülött László; Croatian: Ladislav Posmrtni; Czech: Ladislav Pohrobek; German: Ladislaus Postumus; 22 February 1440 – 23 November 1457), was Duke of Austria and King of Hungary, Croatia and Bohemia.
Ladislaus III fell against the Turks in the Battle of Varna in present-day Bulgaria in 1444. It was then that Ladislaus, now aged four, was recognized as king.
Ladislaus concentrated his ambitions on Hungary and Bohemia, and in due course was crowned King of Bohemia in 1453. However, he died shortly afterwards, aged just seventeen. There were rumours that he had been poisoned, but the most likely cause of his death was bubonic plague.
Died in Prague on 23 November 1457. Born after the death of his father King Albrecht II, Ladislaus received the epithet of ‘Postumus’. Only a few weeks after his birth, the baby was crowned King of Hungary and made a ward of his uncle, the future Emperor Frederick III.
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Ladislaus the Posthumous, known also as Ladislas, was Duke of Austria, and King of Hungary, Croatia and Bohemia. He was the posthumous son of Albert of Habsb...
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Aug 23, 2023 · Ladislaus the Posthumous (22 February 1440 – 23 November 1457) was Duke of Austria from 1440, King of Hungary (as Ladislaus V) from 1444 and King of Bohemia from 1453. [1] [2] The only son of Albert II, King of the Romans and Elisabeth of Bohemia, daughter of the Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund.
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