!!!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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