Ladislav

Vladislaus, Wladislaus, Ladislaus or Ladislas (Bulgarian, Czech, Serbian, Russian: Ladislav and Vladislav, German: Ladislaus, Hungarian: László and Ulászló), Italian: Ladislao, Polish: Władysław, with variants Ładysław and Włodzisław) is the name of several central and east European rulers of the past.

The Latin form Ladislaus is derived from the original Slavic Vladislav and the modern vernacular variations reflect the phonetic and orthographic evolutions of the basic form as it was retained or adopted in different languages. Medieval Latin did not have a universally consistent way of rendering such names, which in turn has led to the various forms still encountered in English works. In the list below monarchs are arranged according to territory and listed under the relevant vernacular forms.

Duke of Austria

• Ladislaus the Posthumous 1440–1457, also king Ladislav of Bohemia and Laszlo V of Hungary (see below))

Dukes of Bohemia

• Vladislav I 1109–1117 and 1120–1125
• Vladislav II 1140–1158 = King Vladislav I of Bohemia
• Vladislav Jindřich 1197

Kings of Bohemia

Note distinction between Ladislav and Vladislav

• Vladislav I 1158–1173 = Duke Vladislav II of Bohemia
• Ladislav the Posthumous 1440–1457 = Duke Ladislaus of Austria, King László V of Hungary
• Vladislav II 1471–1516 = King Ulászló II of Hungary

Emperor (tsar) of Bulgaria

• Ivan Vladislav 1015–1018

Kings of Hungary

Note the distinction between László and Ulászló

• László I 1077–1095 = Saint László
• László II 1162–1163
• László III 1204–1205
• László IV 1272–1290
• László V the Posthumous 1440 and 1444–1457 = Duke Ladislaus of Austria, King Ladislav of Bohemia
• Ulászló I 1440–1444 = King Władysław III Warneńczyk of Poland
• Ulászló II 1490–1516 = King Vladislav II of Bohemia

Additional Note

• Vencel 1301–1305 = King Václav III of Bohemia reigned under the name László, but is not recognized as such in Hungarian historiography.

King of Naples

• Ladislao 1386–1414

Princes of Poland

• Władysław I Herman 1079–1102
• Władysław II Wygnaniec 1138–1146
• Władysław III Laskonogi 1202 and 1228
• Władysław IV Łokietek 1306–1320 = King Władysław I of Poland

Kings of Poland

• Władysław I Łokietek 1320–1333 = Prince Władysław IV of Poland
• Władysław II Jagiełło 1386–1434 = Grand Duke Jogaila of Lithuania
• Władysław III Warneńczyk 1434–1444 = King Ulászló I of Hungary
• Władysław IV Zygmunt Waza 1632–1648

Kings of Serbia

• Stefan Vladislav I 1233–1243
• Stefan Vladislav II 1322–1324

Rulers of Wallachia

• Vladislav I 1364–1376
• Vladislav II 1447–1448 and 1448–1456
• Vladislav III 1523 and 1524 and 1525

Other than rulers

• Ladislas Starevich (1882-1965), born Władysław Starewicz, a Polish-Russian-French animator
• Władysław Szpilman, a famous pianist, composer, novelist and survivor of the Warsaw ghetto
• Ted Knight, Tadeusz Wladyslaw Konopka, American actor