Ladislas the Posthumous
| Ladislaus the Posthumous | |
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Anonymous painting, 1457
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| Duke of Austria | |
| Reign | 1440–1457 |
| Predecessor | Albert V |
| Successor | Frederick V |
| Regent | Frederick V (1440-1452) |
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King of Hungary and Croatia contested by Vladislaus I between 1440 and 1444 |
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| Reign | 1440 or 1444–1457 |
| Coronation | 15 May 1440 |
| Predecessor | Albert or Vladislaus I |
| Successor | Matthias I |
| Regent |
Elizabeth of Luxembourg (1440-1442) John Hunyadi (1446-1453) |
| King of Bohemia | |
| Reign | 1453–1457 |
| Coronation | 28 October 1453 |
| Predecessor | Albert |
| Successor | George |
| Regent | George of Poděbrady (1453-1457) |
| Born |
22 February 1440 Komárom (now Komárno in Slovakia) |
| Died | 23 November 1457 (aged 17) Prague |
| Burial | St. Vitus Cathedral, Prague |
| Dynasty | Habsburg |
| Father | Albert of Habsburg |
| Mother | Elizabeth of Luxembourg |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Ladislaus the Posthumous, known also as Ladislas (Hungarian: Utószülött László; 22 February 1440 – 23 November 1457) (in Hungarian: V. László), was Duke of Austria, and King of Hungary, Croatia and Bohemia. He was the posthumous son of Albert of Habsburg and Elizabeth of Luxembourg. Albert had bequeathed all his realms to his future son on his deathbed, but only the Estates of Austria accepted his last will. Fearing of 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 did not elect a new king.
After Ladislaus's birth, his mother seized the Holy Crown of Hungary and had Ladislaus – known as Ladislaus V in Hungary – crowned king in Székesfehérvár on 15 May 1440. However, the Diet of Hungary declared Ladislaus's coronation invalid and elected Vladislaus king. A civil war broke out which lasted for years. Elizabeth appointed her late husband's distant cousin, Frederick III, King of the Romans, Ladislaus's guardian. Ladislaus lived in Frederick's court (mainly in Wiener Neustadt), where Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini (the future Pope Pius II) wrote a treatise of his education.
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