Editing Władysław III of Poland (section)

==Legacy==
[[File:Warnenczyk grob CP.jpg|thumb|right|250px|A [[cenotaph]] featuring Władysław's effigy at [[Wawel Cathedral]]. The king's body was never found and his tomb remains empty.]]

Władysław's legacy as King of Hungary was tarnished in existing records by the [[Habsburgs]]; the largely unrealistic picture of his reign presented in the ''Annales'' chronicles were constructed as a consistent [[polemic]] comprising the allegations of what is described as "Habsburg propaganda". Furthermore, Władysław's claim to Hungary was deemed illegitimate and he was often portrayed as a usurper, who unsuccessfully launched a crusade against the Turks. Rumours also spread that Władysław had [[Elizabeth of Luxembourg]] poisoned as her death occurred suddenly after their meeting in December 1442.

Following his death, Władysław III was commemorated in many songs and poems.{{sfn|Michałowska|1995|pages=697–706}}

A main boulevard and residential district in [[Varna, Bulgaria|Varna]] are named after Władysław. In 1935 a park-museum, Władysław Warneńczyk, opened in Varna, with a symbolic [[cenotaph]] built atop of an ancient Thracian [[Tumulus|mound tomb]]. There had been also a football team named after Vladislav in Varna, present day its inheritor is known as [[PFC Cherno More Varna]].

===Legend of survival===

According to a [[Portuguese people|Portuguese]] legend Władysław survived the battle and then journeyed in secrecy to the [[Holy Land]]. He became a knight of [[Catherine of Alexandria|Saint Catharine of Mount Sinai]] (''O Cavaleiro de Santa Catarina'') and then settled on [[Madeira]].<ref name="museu_funchal">''[http://www.museuartesacrafunchal.org/arteflamenga/flamenga_pintura_img4.html São Joaquim e Santa Ana]'', Museu de Arte Sacra do Funchal.</ref> King [[Afonso V of Portugal]] granted him lands in the [[Madalena do Mar]] district of the Madeira Islands for life.<ref name="museu_funchal" /> He was known there as ''Henrique Alemão'' (Henry the German) and married Senhorinha Anes, with the King of Portugal acting as his best man.<ref>''Rei de Portugal, D. Afonso V, foi o seu padrinho de casamento'' – [https://web.archive.org/web/20011122093436/http://www.geocities.com/mare_sol2001/lenda_ladislau.htm A Lenda...] Henrique Alemão ou Ladislau III</ref> The marriage produced two sons. He established a church of Saint Catherine and Mary Magdalene at Madalena do Mar in 1471.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20091027155341/http://www.geocities.com/mare_sol2001/lenda_h_alemao.html Henrique Alemão]- Ladislau III da Polónia
Lenda ou História?</ref><ref>[http://www.diocesedofunchal.pt/portal/index.php?option=com_sobi2&sobi2Task=sobi2Details&sobi2Id=69&catid=6&Itemid=9999999 Diocese do Funchal] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002202123/http://www.diocesedofunchal.pt/portal/index.php?option=com_sobi2&sobi2Task=sobi2Details&sobi2Id=69&catid=6&Itemid=9999999 |date=2 October 2011 }}, Igreja Santa Maria Madalena em Madalena do Mar.</ref> There he was depicted in a painting as [[Saint Joachim]] meeting [[Saint Anne]] at the Golden Gate on a painting by Master of the Adoration of Machico (Mestre ''da Adoração de Machico'') in the beginning of the 16th century.<ref name="museu_funchal" />