Ladislaus IV of Hungary

Ladislaus IV the Cuman (Hungarian: IV.

(Kun) László, Croatian: Ladislav IV.

Kumanac, Slovak: Ladislav IV.

Kumánsky; 1262 – 10 July 1290), also known as Ladislas IV, is King of Hungary and Croatia from 1272 to 1290.

His mother, Elizabeth is the daughter of a chieftain of the pagan Cumans who had settled in Hungary.

At the age of eight, he marries Elisabeth (or Isabella), a daughter of King Charles I of Sicily.

Ladislaus is only ten when a rebellious lord, Joachim Gutkeled kidnaps and imprisoned him.

Still a prisoner, Ladislaus succeed shis father, Stephen V who dies on August 6, 1272.

During Ladislaus's minority, a number of barons—primarily the Abas, Kőszegis, and Gutkeleds—are fighting against each other for supreme power.

Ladislaus iss declared to be of age at an assembly of the prelates, barons, noblemen and Cumans in 1277.

He allies himself with Rudolf I of Germany against Ottokar II of Bohemia.

His forces have a preeminent role in Rudolf's victory over Ottokar in the Battle on the Marchfeld on August 26, 1278.

Ladislaus cannot restore royal power.

A papal legate, who arrives with the task of helping Ladislaus to consolidate his authority, is shocked at the presence of masses of pagan Cumans in Hungary.

Ladislaus promises that he will force the Cumans to adopt a Christian lifestyle.

However, the King decides to support the Cumans as soon as they deny to obey the legate's demands and the legate excommunicates him.

The Cumans imprison the legate, and the legate's partisans capture Ladislaus, before their parties conclude an agreement.

Ladislaus agrees to persuade the Cumans to submit to the legate, but many Cumans leave Hungary.

A Cuman army invades Hungary in 1282, but Ladislaus vanquishes them.

Hungary also survives a Mongol invasion in 1285.

Ladislaus has by this time become so unpopular that many of his subjects accuse him of having incited the Mongols to invade Hungary.

He leaves his wife and lives with his Cuman mistresses in his last years.

In this period, royal authority actually vanishes and the King is wandering with his Cuman allies throughout the country.

Pope Nicholas IV plans to declare a crusade against Ladislaus, but the King is murdered by three Cuman assassins.

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