[6] Pope Innocent IV wrote a letter to Vladislaus on 24 November 1246 concerning the activity of the papal collector Gotfryd.
[3][11] He received the homage of the Austrian nobility, but died suddenly on 3 January 1247, before he could take possession of the duchy.
Hic dux Gerdrudim filiam ducis Heinrici de Medlico in uxorem [habuit].
Wladislaus obiit, filius regis Wenceslai, qui Fridrico successerat in Austriae ducatu.
[1247] Vladislaus, the son of King Wenceslaus, who succeeded Frederick in the Austrian duchy, died.
Vladislaus was succeeded in Moravia by his younger brother, who soon rebelled against their father.
[9] As a result, central Europe was plunged into the War of the Babenberg Succession.