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Ladislaus the Posthumous

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Ladislaus The Posthumous

 

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Hungary, Ladislaus the Posthumous (1453-1457), denar K-P

 

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Ladislaus Posthumus

 

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Lot 2806 Hungary Ladislaus V AV Ducat 1453 - 1457 (ND)

 

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The Ladislaus Laszt Ecumenical and Social Concern Award to Cardinal Kurt J. Koch- short clip

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 Habsburg with 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 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.