Ladislaus the Posthumous

King of Hungary, Bohemia and Croatia, Duke of Austria

  • Fame54.9
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Lived 1440–1457, aged 17
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  • Era
    1440–1457
    Aged 17
Summary
Updated 2026-06-11

Born four months after his father died, crowned at ten weeks old, then spent most of his seventeen years as a bargaining chip between rival guardians and regents who carved up his three kingdoms while he grew up in custody. When he finally took power, he had an advisor murdered, executed the son of Hungary's greatest general, and died in Prague weeks later —

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Albert II died in 1439 and left everything to his unborn son; when the boy arrived on 22 February 1440, only Austria accepted the inheritance. His mother seized Hungary's crown and had him crowned in May, but the Diet called it invalid and elected a Polish king instead, triggering civil war. Frederick III, King of the Romans, took over as guardian and kept Ladislaus at court in Wiener Neustadt for years while regents ran his kingdoms. After his Polish rival died at Varna in 1444, Hungary offered to recognize him if Frederick released him; Frederick refused, so the Hungarians made John Hunyadi…

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