Ladislaus the Posthumous
1440 – 1457 · Generation VII · Archduke of Austria (r. 1440–1457) · The marriage empire
Ladislaus (1440 – 1457). Archduke of Austria (r. 1440–1457). Born after his father's death; also King of Hungary and Bohemia; died unmarried. Born months after his father’s death, he was heir under Albert’s deathbed testament to Austria, Hungary and Bohemia alike — though in the event the Austrians alone stood by the will. Hungary’s lords, wanting a king who could fight the Ottomans, turned to Władysław III of Poland; his mother had the Holy Crown stolen from Visegrád and her infant son crowned at Székesfehérvár in May 1440, only for the Diet to annul the ceremony, crown Władysław, and plunge the kingdom into years of civil war. The Bohemians, dominated by Hussites, simply left the question open, accepting neither the child’s hereditary claim nor any rival king.
One of 9 people of The marriage empire (1440–1578) in this archive. The generations in which Habsburg marriages gathered Burgundy, Spain and Bohemia-Hungary into a single inheritance.
Line of descent: Rudolf I of Germany → Albert I of Germany → Albert II, Duke of Austria → Albert III, Duke of Austria → Albert IV, Duke of Austria → Albert II of Germany → Ladislaus the Posthumous.
Parents
- Albert II of Germany (1397 – 1439)
- Elizabeth of Luxembourg (1409 – 1442)