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Ladislaus III
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Ladislaus III 1424-44, king of Poland (1434-44) and, as Uladislaus I, king of Hungary (1440-44), son of Ladislaus II. He led two crusades against the Ottomans; the first (1443) was highly successful, but the second ended with his defeat and death in the battle of Varna . In 1447 his younger brother was elected to succeed him as Casimir IV.
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