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Ladislas

the name of six Kings of Hungary: LADISLAS I., King of Hungary; born in 1041, succeeded in 1079; died in 1095, and was canonized for his piety by Celestine III., 1198. LADISLAS II., called the Infant, succeeded and died the same year, 1200. LADISLAS III. succeeded 1272, assassinated, after a life of debauchery and a disgraceful reign, 1290. LADISLAS IV., the same as Uladislas V., King of Poland, succeeded his father in the latter dignity, 1435, and was elected by the Hungarians, 1440, killed in battle by the Sultan Amurath, 1444. LADISLAS V. succeeded in the 5th year of his age, 1444, and died suddenly, 1458. LADISLAS VI., son of Casimir IV., King of Poland, and called, according to the Polish form of his name, Uladislas II., became King of Bohemia 1471, and King of Hungary 1490. Died in 1516.

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