[The Empire of Austria; Its Rise and Present Power by John S. C. Abbott]@TWC D-Link bookThe Empire of Austria; Its Rise and Present Power CHAPTER IV 10/26
All over Hungary, Bohemia and Austria there was a general rising of the nobles, nationalities being merged in the common cause, and all hearts united and throbbing with a common desire.
An army of sixteen thousand men was raised. Frederic, alarmed by these formidable preparations for war, surrendered Ladislaus and he was conveyed in triumph to Vienna.
A numerous assemblage of the nobles of the three nations was convened, and it was settled that the young king, during his minority, should remain at Vienna, under the care of his maternal uncle, Count Cilli, who, in the meantime, was to administer the government of Austria.
George Podiebrad was intrusted with the regency of Bohemia; and John Hunniades was appointed regent of Hungary. Ladislaus was now thirteen years of age.
The most learned men of the age were appointed as his teachers, and he pursued his studies with great vigor.
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