Vladislaus II of Hungary

King of Bohemia and Hungary

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Lived 1456–1516, aged 60

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1456–1516
Aged 60

Summary

Updated 2026-06-11

A king so pliable he earned a nickname that translates to "King Very Well" — Vladislaus II ruled two kingdoms by saying yes to everyone. He inherited thrones through deals and elections but let the nobility run both realms while he nodded along from Buda.

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Born 1 March 1456, eldest son of Casimir IV Jagiellon and expected to inherit Poland, Vladislaus instead became heir to George of Poděbrady's Bohemia in 1468 when the Hussite ruler needed Polish backing against Catholic rebels and Matthias Corvinus. Elected King of Bohemia in 1471, he controlled only Bohemia proper while Matthias held Moravia, Silesia, and both Lusatias; attempts to retake them failed, ending in the 1479 Peace of Olomouc that split the Crown lands. A decade of war had empowered the estates, and when Vladislaus tried favoring Catholics in 1483, Prague rebelled until he conceded…

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