Vladislaus ya dage da'awar Hungary bayan mutuwar Matthias.Abinci na Hungary ya zabe shi sarki bayan da magoya bayansa suka doke John Corvinus.Sauran masu da'awar guda biyu, Maximilian na Habsburg da ɗan'uwan Vladislaus, John Albert, sun mamaye ƙasar Hungary, amma sun kasa tabbatar da da'awarsu kuma suka yi sulhu da Vladislaus a shekara ta 1491. Ya zauna a Buda, ya ba da damar Kayayyakin Bohemia, Moravia, Silesia da Lusatias duka. don daukar cikakken nauyin gudanar da harkokin mulki na jiha.Kamar a baya a Bohemia, kuma a Hungary Vladislaus koyaushe ya amince da shawarar Majalisar Sarauta, don haka laƙabinsa na Hungarian "Dobzse László" (daga Czech kral Dobře, a cikin Latin rex Bene - "King Very Well").Saboda rangwame da ya yi kafin zabensa, baitul malin sarki ba zai iya ba da tallafin rundunonin sojoji ba kuma an wargaza sojojin Black Army na Matthias Corvinus bayan tawaye, kodayake Ottoman sun kai hare-hare akai-akai a kan iyakar kudanci kuma bayan 1493 har ma da yankunan da suka hade a Croatia.A lokacin mulkinsa, ikon sarautar Hungarian ya ƙi amincewa da manyan mutanen Hungary, waɗanda suka yi amfani da ikonsu don tauye 'yanci na manoma.Mulkinsa a Hungary ya kasance mai karko, ko da yake Hungary na fuskantar matsin lamba a kan iyaka daga Daular Ottoman kuma ta shiga cikin tawaye na György Dózsa.A ranar 11 ga Maris, 1500, tsarin cin abinci na Bohemian ya amince da sabon tsarin mulkin ƙasa wanda ya iyakance ikon sarauta, kuma Vladislav ya sanya hannu a cikin 1502. Bugu da ƙari, ya kula da ginin (1493-1502) na babban ɗakin Vladislav na fadar da ke fadar Prague Castle.