Ladislaus the Posthumous
Ladislaus was the posthumous son of Albert of Habsburg with Elizabeth of Luxembourg. Albert bequeathed all his realms to his future son on his deathbed, but only the estates of Austria accepted his last will. Fearing an Ottoman invasion, the majority of the Hungarian lords and prelates offered the crown to Vladislaus III of Poland. He died unexpectedly in Prague in early 1455, and was succeeded by his brother Matthias.
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Ladislaus was the posthumous son of Albert of Habsburg with Elizabeth of Luxembourg. Albert bequeathed all his realms to his future son on his deathbed, but only the estates of Austria accepted his last will. Fearing an Ottoman invasion, the majority of the Hungarian lords and prelates offered the crown to Vladislaus III of Poland. The Hussite noblemen and towns of Bohemia did not acknowledge the hereditary right of Albert’s descendants to the throne, but also did not elect a new king. After his mother died in late 1442, Ladislaus’ interests were represented by a Czech condottiere, John Jiskra of Brandýs, in Hungary, and by the Czech Catholic lord, Ulrich II of Rosenberg, in Bohemia. The Estates of Austria forced Frederick III to resign the guardianship and hand over Ladislus to them in September 1452. He was the last male member of the Albertinian Line of the House of Habsburg. He died unexpectedly in Prague in early 1455, and was succeeded by his brother Matthias, Duke of Austria and Croatian King of Slovakia in 1456. He is buried in Prague’s Stadion of the Holy Crown of Hungary, along with his father and his brother Matthias Duke of Austria and his mother, Elizabeth of Luxembourg. He also had a son named Ladislas, who was born in 1442 and died in 1455. He had a daughter, Elizabeth, who became Queen of Hungary and Bohemia in 1460.
Ladislass was also the last member of his line to be crowned king of Croatia and Hungary. In 1456, he was elected king of Hungary after his brother Casimir defeated the younger brother of his younger brother, Casimir Casimir, and defeated Casimir’s younger brother Vladislaus Casimir Casimir, Duke of Hungary and Croatia in a battle at the Battle of Varna. The Diet of Hungary elected John Hunyadi regent in 1446, but he continued to control most royal castles and revenues. After the Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II decided to invade Hungary, Ladylaus andUlrich II left the kingdom. In April 1457, Ladilass captured his brother, Matthias. The sultan laid siege to Belgrade, but Ladylass relieved the fortress on 22 July 1456 but he died two weeks later. In December 1437, Albert was unanimously elected the sole king of Hungary, Hungary, Bohemia, and Hungary after he defeated his younger brother CasimirCasimir Casimir. In November 1437, he defeated his younger nephew, Ludwig Casimir the Younger, and he was crowned king in Hungary in December 1438. In March 1439, Albert was unanimously elected king of Czechoslovakia and Hungary. He was also the only son of Sigismund, the Holy Roman Emperor and the only child of Elizabeth of Luxemburg.
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