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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Anna_JagiellonAnna Jagiellon - Wikipedia

    Anna Jagiellon by Lucas Cranach the Younger, 1553. The issue of marriage of the youngest three Jagiellon sisters was neglected by both their parents. [2] Only after their father's death in 1548, the first serious candidate for a husband emerged – Albert Alcibiades, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach , but he was a Hohenzollern and a Protestant ...

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      Anna Jagiellon ( Polish: Anna Jagiellonka, Lithuanian: Ana...

  2. www.infinite-women.com › women › anna-jagiellonAnna Jagiellon - Infinite Women

    Died: 9 September 1596. Country most active: Poland, Lithuania. Also known as: Ona Jogailaitė, Anna Jagiellonka. Anna Jagiellon (1523-1596) has the distinction of being the only woman in the early modern period to stand in a royal election—and the only woman to have won one, too. Anna rose to political prominence in the aftermath of her ...

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  4. www.britannica.com › topic › Jagiellon-dynastyJagiellon dynasty | Polish-Lithuanian Union, Royal Lineage ...

    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 ...

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  5. www.newworldencyclopedia.org › entry › Jagiellon_dynastyJagiellon dynasty - New World Encyclopedia

    The name (other variations used in English include: Jagiellonians, Jagiellos, Jogailos) comes from Jogaila, the first Polish king of that dynasty.In Polish, the dynasty is known as Jagiellonowie (singular: Jagiellon, adjective, used of dynasty members, also patronimical form: Jagiellończyk); in Lithuanian it is called Jogailaičiai (sing.:

  6. www.britannica.com › summary › Jagiellon-dynastyJagiellon dynasty summary | Britannica

    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 Summary.