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The Jagiellon dynasty ruled in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania from 1377 to 1401 and from 1440 to 1572, in Poland from 1386 to 1572, in Hungary from 1440 to 1444 and from 1490 to 1526, and in Bohemia from 1471 to 1526. W ł adys ł aw II had two sons by his fourth marriage with Sophia, a Lithuanian princess: W ł adys ł aw III Warne ń czyk, king ...
May 1, 2022 · Lithuania. Death: February 16, 1517 (34) Legnica, Dolnośląskie, Poland (died during childbirth) Place of Burial: Legnica, Dolnośląskie, Poland. Immediate Family: Daughter of Casimir IV Jagiellon, King of Poland and Elizabeth of Austria. Wife of Fryderyk Legnicki, II, książę.
- November 13, 1482
- Legnica, Dolnośląskie, Poland
- Lithuania
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Nov 1, 2014 · He married Barbara Radziwiłł, a Lithuanian noblewoman who was thought unfit to be queen, creating a major political scandal. Sigismund Augustus’ death in 1572 is usually considered the end of the Jagiellonians, but this is to overlook the fact that his sister Anna was crowned ‘king’ of Poland in 1575.
His first title was the Grand Duke of Lithuania since 1544, he became King of Poland only in 1548. His primary beloved wife was Lithuanian Barbara Radziwiłł whose death was devastating for him.
Sigismund Augustus marries Elizabeth Habsburg (d. 1545), daughter of Grand Duke Ferdinand of Austria (future Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand I) 1548: Death of Polish king Sigismund I ‘the Old’ 1550: Coronation of Barbara Radziwiłl (d. 1551), second wife of Sigismund Augustus, as queen of Poland, despite extensive political protests: 1553
Historians have defined the Jagiellonian family in very different ways – variously including or excluding its female members, the spouses of Jagiellonians, illegitimate offspring, members of the dynasty who died in infancy etc.
Anna's political career started when her brother, Sigismund II August, died in 1572, leaving his three sisters, Anna, Sophie, and Catherine, the heiresses to his considerable wealth. A tumultuous interregnum followed, and another one when the newly elected Henry Valois fled back to France in 1574.
