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Catherine Jagiellon. Catherine Jagiellon ( Polish: Katarzyna Jagiellonka; Swedish: Katarina Jagellonica, Lithuanian: Kotryna Jogailaitė; 1 November 1526 – 16 September 1583) was a Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth princess and Queen of Sweden from 1569 as the wife of King John III. Catherine had significant influence over state affairs during ...
Jogaila, later Władysław II Jagiełło (c. 1352/1362 – 1 June 1434) was Grand Duke of Lithuania (1377–1434), King of Poland (1386–1399) alongside his wife Jadwiga, and then sole King of Poland. In 1385 the Union of Krewo was signed between Queen Jadwiga of Poland and Jogaila, the Grand Duke of Lithuania, the last pagan state in Europe.
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Popielids. Piast the Wheelwright. c. 9th century. c. 9th century. Son of Chościsko. (1) Rzepicha. c. 9th century. Legendary founder of the Piast dynasty. He appears in the oldest Polish chronicle, Gesta principum Polonorum from the early 12th century.
NamePortraitBirthMarriage (s)UnknownUnknownUnknownKrakus I also Krak or Grakch c. 8th ...c. 8th centuryUnknownc. 8th centuryKrakus II c. 8th centuryc. 8th century Son of Krakus IUnknownc. 8th centuryLech II c. 8th centuryc. 8th century Son of Krakus I, brother ...Unknownc. 8th centurySometimes, women of this dynasty married only when relatively old. Catherine Jagiellon, wife of John III of Sweden, was 11 years older than her husband, having remained unmarried into her thirties. She bore her children at ages 38, 40 and 42. Jagiello himself was born to a father already in his fifties or sixties.
Władysław II Jagiełło was the grand duke of Lithuania (as Jogaila, 1377–1401) and king of Poland (1386–1434), who joined two states that became the leading power of eastern Europe. He was the founder of Poland’s Jagiellon dynasty. Jogaila (Jagiełło in Polish) was one of the 12 sons of Algirdas. Bohemia, historical country of central ...
Jagiellon dynasty, family of monarchs of Poland-Lithuania, Bohemia, and Hungary that became one of the most powerful in east central Europe in the 15th and 16th centuries. The dynasty was founded by Jogaila , the grand duke of Lithuania , who married Queen Jadwiga of Poland in 1386, converted to Christianity , and became King Władysław II ...
Jul 17, 2018 · Juridically, Catherine Jagiellon was not a monarch, since Poland was an elective monarchy and even if a title of princeps or infans was used for her and she was treated as a princess (in the meaning of a king’s daughter or sister), her position was technically not hereditary. She could have ascended to the Polish throne only through election ...
