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Ladislaus of Naples

Type Figure Region Naples Time 1377–1414 Also known as King Ladislaus of Naples

Ladislaus (1377–1414), king of Naples of the Anjou-Durazzo line (1386–1414), also claimed the Hungarian throne.…

Timeline

  1. 1386–1401Naples · NaplesAcceded as a child; through regency and civil war gradually gained control of southern Italy, defeating rivals in the 1390s and consolidating his rule over the kingdom while continuing to press his claim to Hungary.
  2. 1401–1410Rome · RomeAfter the death of Milan's duke Gian Galeazzo in 1402, Ladislaus advanced northward, taking Rome in 1403 and re-entering the city in 1408, threatening Florence and the papacy, becoming one of the greatest variables in Italian politics between 1401 and 1410.
  3. 1410–1414Naples · NaplesAfter 1410 continued to contend with the papacy and figures such as John XXIII; died in Naples in August 1414, and his Italian conquests quickly fell apart.

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