The archaeogenomic validation of Saint Ladislaus' relic provides insights into the Árpád dynasty's genealogy

The Árpád dynasty member Saint Ladislaus was one of the most prominent rulers of Medieval Europe. Due to his exemplarily faithful Christian manner of life, greater than life personality and battlefield heroism, he was regarded as "the incarnation of the late-medieval ideal of chivalry" and after his death, he was canonized at the initiative of Béla III, by Pope Caelestinus III. Here we present the validation of the skull relic inside the herm of Saint Ladislaus using comparative whole genome analysis with the remains of Béla III.