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Władysław III of Poland

1424 - 1444

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Władysław III of Poland (31 October 1424 – 10 November 1444), also known as Ladislaus of Varna, was King of Poland and Supreme Duke of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania from 1434, as well as King of Hungary and Croatia as Vladislaus I from 1440 until his death at the Battle of Varna. He was the eldest son of Władysław II Jagiełło (Jogaila) and the Lithuanian noblewoman Sophia of Halshany. Władysław's succeeded his father shortly before turning ten in 1434 and was, therefore, deemed unfit to rule until coming of age. Cardinal Zbigniew Oleśnicki acted as regent and a temporary provisores council executed power in the king's name. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Władysław III of Poland is the 1,213th most popular politician (down from 1,079th in 2019), the 62nd most popular biography from Poland (up from 68th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Polish Politician.

Władysław III, also known as Ladislaus the Posthumous, was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1434 to 1444. He was the only son of Władysław II Jagiełło and Jadwiga of Anjou.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Władysław III of Poland ranks 1,213 out of 19,576. Before him are Nikephoros II Phokas, Eric XIV of Sweden, Jiroemon Kimura, Andromache, Princess Birgitta of Sweden, and Kurt von Schleicher. After him are Piero di Cosimo de' Medici, Dost Mohammad Khan, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Wilm Hosenfeld, Christian I of Denmark, and Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1424, Władysław III of Poland ranks 1. After him are Blanche II of Navarre, Abu Sa'id Mirza, Margaret Stewart, Dauphine of France, Beatrice of Silva, Cristoforo Landino, Louis IV, Elector Palatine, Isabella of Clermont, Louis I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, and Frederick III, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. Among people deceased in 1444, Władysław III of Poland ranks 1. After him are Robert Campin, Leonardo Bruni, Bernardino of Siena, Olivera Despina, Julian Cesarini, Mark of Ephesus, John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset, Joseph Albo, and Gianfrancesco I Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Władysław III of Poland ranks 62 out of 1,694. Before him are Billy Wilder (1906), Ernst Cassirer (1874), Jakob Böhme (1575), Sigismund I the Old (1467), Krzysztof Kieślowski (1941), and Maximilian Kolbe (1894). After him are Ferdinand Lassalle (1825), Irena Sendler (1910), Konstantin Rokossovsky (1896), Zbigniew Brzezinski (1928), Gustav Fechner (1801), and John II Casimir Vasa (1609).

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Among POLITICIANS In Poland

Among politicians born in Poland, Władysław III of Poland ranks 12. Before him are Sigismund II Augustus (1520), Wojciech Jaruzelski (1923), Vladislaus II of Hungary (1456), Casimir III the Great (1310), Donald Tusk (1957), and Sigismund I the Old (1467). After him are Zbigniew Brzezinski (1928), John II Casimir Vasa (1609), Yitzhak Shamir (1915), Ladislaus I of Hungary (1046), Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1785), and Horst Köhler (1943).

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