Helene Kottanner
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Helene Kottanner was a Hungarian courtier and writer. Her last name is spelled variously as Kottanner, Kottanerin, or Kottannerin. She is primarily known to history as the author of memoirs about the
Helene Kottanner and her accomplices steal the Holy Crown from the castle of Visegrád in February 1440
Ladislaus the Posthumous
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Ladislaus the Posthumous, known as Ladislaus V, was Duke of Austria and King of Hungary, Croatia and Bohemia. He was the posthumous son of Albert II of Germany with Elizabeth of Luxembourg. Albert had
Helene Kottanner
…Kottannerin. She is primarily known to history as the author of memoirs about the years 1439 and 1440, when king Albert II of Germany died and his son Ladislaus the Posthumous was born. Kottanner, who dictated her life story in German, was a kammerfrau to Queen Elizabeth of Luxembourg (1409–1442). She also assisted Queen…
Anonymous painting, 1457
Ladislaus's parents, Albert II of Germany and Elizabeth of Luxembourg pray
Ladislaus the Posthumous
The seal of Ulrich II, Count of Celje, who was Ladislaus's kisman and close advisor