Editing Ladislaus IV of Hungary (section)

===Minority (1272–1277)===
[[File:Thuróczy krónika - IV. (Kun) László király.jpg|thumb|King Ladislaus IV as depicted in the ''[[Chronica Hungarorum]]'']]
Joachim Gutkeled departed for [[Székesfehérvár]] as soon as he was informed of Stephen V's death, because he wanted to arrange the boy–king's [[coronation of the Hungarian monarch|coronation]].{{sfn|Érszegi|Solymosi|1981|p=166}}{{sfn|Kristó|Makk|1996|p=275}} Ladislaus's mother joined him, infuriating Stephen V's partisans who accused her of having conspired against her husband.{{sfn|Érszegi|Solymosi|1981|p=166}}{{sfn|Kristó|Makk|1996|p=275}} Stephen V's [[master of the treasury]], [[Egidius Monoszló]], laid siege to her palace in Székesfehérvár, but Gutkeled's supporters routed him.{{sfn|Érszegi|Solymosi|1981|p=166}} Monoszló fled to [[Pressburg]] (now Bratislava, Slovakia); he captured the town and ceded it to Ottokar II of Bohemia.{{sfn|Érszegi|Solymosi|1981|p=166}}

[[File:AlzbetaKumanska kralovna.jpg|thumb|right|190px|alt=A seal depicting a crowned woman who sits on a throne|Seal of Ladislaus's mother, [[Elizabeth the Cuman]]]]

Archbishop [[Philip Türje|Philip of Esztergom]] crowned Ladislaus king in Székesfehérvár on about 3 September.{{sfn|Bartl|Čičaj|Kohútova|Letz|2002|p=33}}{{sfn|Érszegi|Solymosi|1981|p=166}} In theory, the 10-year-old Ladislaus ruled under his mother's regency, but in fact, baronial parties administered the kingdom.{{sfn|Kontler|1999|p=83}}{{sfn|Fine|1994|p=181}} In November of that year, Henry Kőszegi returned from Bohemia and assassinated Ladislaus's cousin, [[Béla of Macsó]].{{sfn|Engel|2001|p=108}}{{sfn|Zsoldos|2007|p=132}} Duke Béla's extensive domains, which were located along the southern borders, were divided among Henry Kőszegi and his supporters.{{sfn|Érszegi|Solymosi|1981|p=166}}{{sfn|Engel|2001|p=108}} In retaliation for Hungarian incursions into [[Duchy of Austria|Austria]] and [[Margraviate of Moravia|Moravia]], Austrian and Moravian troops invaded the borderlands of Hungary in April 1273.{{sfn|Érszegi|Solymosi|1981|p=168}} They captured [[Győr]] and [[Szombathely]], plundering the western counties.{{sfn|Érszegi|Solymosi|1981|p=168}} Joachim Gutkeled recaptured the two forts two months later, but Ottokar II of Bohemia invaded Hungary and seized many fortresses, including Győr and [[Sopron]] in the autumn.{{sfn|Érszegi|Solymosi|1981|pp=168–169}}{{sfn|Kristó|2003|p=186}}

[[Peter I Csák|Peter Csák]] and his allies removed Joachim Gutkeled and Henry Kőszegi from power, but Gutkeled and Kőszegi seized Ladislaus and his mother in June 1274.{{sfn|Érszegi|Solymosi|1981|p=170}}{{sfn|Kristó|Makk|1996|p=276}} Although Peter Csák liberated the king and his mother, Gutkeled and Kőszegi captured Ladislaus's younger brother, [[Andrew, Duke of Slavonia|Andrew]], and took him to [[Slavonia]].{{sfn|Engel|2001|p=108}}{{sfn|Érszegi|Solymosi|1981|p=170}}{{sfn|Kristó|Makk|1996|p=276}} They demanded Slavonia in Duke Andrew's name, but Peter Csák defeated their united forces near [[Polgárdi]] at the end of September.{{sfn|Engel|2001|p=108}}{{sfn|Érszegi|Solymosi|1981|p=170}} Kőszegi was killed in the battle.{{sfn|Érszegi|Solymosi|1981|p=170}} Peter Csák then launched a campaign against Kőszegi's son and Ladislaus accompanied him.{{sfn|Érszegi|Solymosi|1981|p=170}} At the end of 1274, [[Rudolf I of Germany|Rudolf I]], the new [[king of Germany]], and Ladislaus concluded an alliance against Ottokar II of Bohemia.{{sfn|Érszegi|Solymosi|1981|p=170}}{{sfn|Žemlička|2011|p=110}}

Ladislaus contracted an unidentified serious illness, but recovered from it.{{sfn|Klaniczay|2002|p=225}} He attributed this recovery to a miracle by his deceased saintly aunt, [[Saint Margaret of Hungary|Margaret]], and approached the Holy See to promote her canonization in 1275.{{sfn|Klaniczay|2002|p=225}} In the same year, a new civil war broke out between Joachim Gutkeled and Peter Csák.{{sfn|Érszegi|Solymosi|1981|p=171}} Ladislaus took part in Csák's military expedition against the Kőszegis, who were Gutkeled's supporters.{{sfn|Érszegi|Solymosi|1981|p=171}} However, Gutkeled and his supporters removed their opponents from power at an assembly of the barons and noblemen at [[Buda]] around 21 June 1276.{{sfn|Érszegi|Solymosi|1981|p=171}}

Taking advantage of the war between Rudolf I and Ottokar II, Ladislaus made an incursion into Austria in the autumn.{{sfn|Érszegi|Solymosi|1981|p=172}} Sopron soon accepted Ladislaus's suzerainty and Ottokar II promised to renounce of all towns he occupied in western Hungary.{{sfn|Érszegi|Solymosi|1981|p=172}} However, new armed conflicts began in Hungary during 1277: the [[Transylvanian Saxons]] captured and destroyed [[Gyulafehérvár]] (now Alba Iulia in Romania), the [[Episcopal see|see]] of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Transylvania|bishop of Transylvania]], and the Babonići rose up in rebellion in Slavonia.{{sfn|Kristó|2003|p=188}}