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4 unusual facts about Władysław III of Poland


Ladislaus III

Władysław III of Poland and Lithuania (1424–1444), Polish name Władysław Warneńczyk, also king of Hungary, known posthumously as Vladislaus III of Varna

SC Vladislav Varna

On 21 May 1921 the club had changed its name to Sport Club Vladislav in honour of the Polish & Hungary king Władysław III, who was killed in the Battle of Varna in 1444.

Władysław III of Poland

The situation did not change even after the Sejm (Polish parliament) had gathered in Piotrków in 1438, and declared the fourteen-year-old king to have attained his majority.

He became a knight of Saint Catharine of Mount Sinai (O Cavaleiro de Santa Catarina) and then he settled on Madeira.


Julian Cesarini

The widow Queen Elisabeth of Luxembourg was left alone with her newborn son who was crowned as Ladislaus V of Hungary, however the Turkish wars represented a serious danger to the Kingdom, and the noblemen called from Poland the young King Władysław, and crowned him as Hungarian King making him promise he will defend the State against the Ottomans.


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