Ladislaus Postumus#

Ladislaus Postumus, b. Komárno, Slovakia (then Komorn), Feb. 22, 1440, d. Prague (Czech Republic); Nov. 23, 1457, posthumous son of King Albrecht II ( Albrecht V), crowned King of Hungary soon after his birth (on April 15, 1440, with the Stephen´s crown "stolen" by H. Kottanerin); was under the guardianship of Friedrich III until 1452, then declared of age following a rebellion of the Austrian Estates ( Mailberg Federation) and siege of the Emperor in Wiener Neustadt; crowned King of Bohemia in 1453. However, L. P. remained the instrument of different groups, which were led in Austria by Ulrich von Eyczing and Ulrich von Cilli, by the latter and the Hunyadi family in Hungary and in Bohemia by Georg von Podiebrad und Kunstat.

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