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1 day ago · Sigismund was the son of King John III of Sweden and his first wife, Catherine Jagiellon, daughter of King Sigismund I of Poland. Elected monarch of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1587, he sought to unify Poland and Sweden under one Catholic kingdom, and when he succeeded his deceased father in 1592 the Polish–Swedish union was created.
May 25, 2024 · Paul I of Russia, also known as Tsar Paul, reigned as Emperor of Russia from 1796 to 1801. He succeeded his mother, Catherine the Great, and immediately began a mission to undo her legacy. Paul had deep animosity towards his mother and her actions as empress.
May 31, 2024 · Ivan’s first choice of a bride fell neither upon the Circassian Maria nor upon an Orthodox princess – he pursued the wealthy Catherine Jagiellon (1526-1583), the daughter of Sigismund I of Poland (r. 1506-1548) and Bona Sforza of Milan (1494-1557).
4 days ago · List of Swedish monarchs. This list records the monarchs of Sweden, from the late Viking Age to the present day. Sweden has continuously been a monarchy since the country's consolidation in the Viking Age and early Middle Ages, for over a thousand years. [1]
2 days ago · Kraków, katedra na Wawelu. Jogaila, later Władysław II Jagiełło was Grand Duke of Lithuania (1377–1434), King of the Kingdom of Poland (1386–1399), and then sole King of Poland (1399–1434). He ruled in Lithuania from 1377.
May 24, 2024 · Fourth son of Kazimir Jagiellon and Elizabeth, daughter of King Albrecht II of Habsburg, Germany, grandson of Wladyslaw Jagiello. Alexander Jagiellonczyk was born on August 5, 1461 in Krakow. He had black hair.
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May 31, 2024 · Although Catherine the Great intended to make Paul's children the heirs to the throne, she died before she could officiate her ruling.
