Editing Ladislaus Hunyadi (section)

{{Short description|Hungarian nobleman (1431–1457)}}
{{Western name order|Hunyadi László}}
{{Infobox noble
| name = Ladislaus Hunyadi
| image =Benczur-hunyadi laszlo bucsuja.jpg
| caption =Ladislaus Hunyadi's Farewell, by [[Gyula Benczúr]] (1866)
| title =''[[Perpetual count|Count of Beszterce]]''
| full name =
| other titles =
| succession    =[[Ban of Croatia and Dalmatia]]
| reign         =1453
| coronation    =
| predecessor   =Peter Talovac
| successor     =''Vacant''
| regent         =
| noble family = [[House of Hunyadi]]
| father = [[John Hunyadi]]
| mother = [[Erzsébet Szilágyi|Elizabeth Szilágyi]]
| profession =
| birth_date  = 1431
| birth_place =
| death_date = 16 March 1457 (aged 25–26)
| death_place = [[Buda]], [[Kingdom of Hungary (1301–1526)|Hungary]]
| issue =
}}
'''László Hunyadi''' or '''Ladislaus Hunyadi''' ([[Slovak language|Slovak]]: ''Ladislav Huňady''; 1431<ref name="ReferenceA">Bánhegyi 2008, p. 17.</ref> – 16 March 1457) was a [[Hungary|Hungarian]] nobleman.

Ladislaus Hunyadi was the elder of the two sons of [[John Hunyadi]], [[voivode]] of Transylvania and later regent of the [[Kingdom of Hungary]], and [[Elizabeth Szilágyi]]. He was the older brother of [[Matthias Corvinus of Hungary|Matthias Hunyadi]], who would later become the king of Hungary. At a very early age he accompanied his father in his campaigns. After the [[Battle of Kosovo (1448)]] he was left for a time, as a hostage for his father, in the hands of [[Djuradj Brankovic|George Brankovic]] (1427–1456), [[Despotes|despot]] of [[Serbia]]. In 1452 he was a member of the deputation which went to [[Vienna]] to receive back the Hungarian king [[Ladislaus Posthumus of Bohemia and Hungary|Ladislaus V]]. In 1453 he was already [[ban of Croatia and Dalmatia]].<ref name='Engel_27'>Engel 1996, p. 27.</ref> At the diet of [[Buda]] (1455) he resigned all his dignities, because of the accusations of [[Ulrich II, Count of Celje]], and other enemies of his house, but a reconciliation was ultimately patched together and he was betrothed to Anna, the daughter of the palatine, [[Gorjanski|Ladislaus Garai]].{{sfn|Bain|1911|p=956}}

After his father's death in 1456, he was declared by his enemy Ulrich II (now Captain General of Hungary with significant power) responsible for the debts allegedly owed by the elder Hunyadi to the state; but he defended himself so ably at the diet of [[Futog|Futak]] (October 1456) that Ulrich feigned a reconciliation, promising to protect the Hunyadis on condition that they first surrendered all the royal castles entrusted to them. A beginning was to be made with the fortress of [[Nándorfehérvár]] (now [[Belgrade]], Serbia) of which Hunyadi was commandant.<ref name='Engel_104'>Engel 1996, p. 104.</ref> While admitting Ladislaus V and Ulrich, Hunyadi excluded their army of mercenaries.{{sfn|Bain|1911|pp=956–957}} On the following morning (9 November 1456), Ulrich was killed by Hunyadi's men in unclear circumstances. Later Hunyadi served as [[Master of the horse (Kingdom of Hungary)|master of the horse]] ({{langx|hu|lovászmester}}) until his death.<ref name='Engel_43'>Engel 1996, p. 43.</ref>

The terrified young king thereupon pardoned Hunyadi, and at a subsequent interview with his mother at [[Timișoara|Temesvár]] swore that he would protect the whole family. As a pledge of his sincerity he appointed Hunyadi lord treasurer and captain-general of the kingdom. Suspecting no evil, Hunyadi accompanied the king to Buda.  But on arriving there he was arrested on a charge of plotting against the king, condemned to death without the observance of any legal formalities, and beheaded on 16 March 1457.{{sfn|Bain|1911|p=957}}

Hunyadi was the protagonist of a popular Hungarian opera, ''[[Hunyadi László (opera)|Hunyadi László]]'' by [[Ferenc Erkel]].