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Name. The name comes from Jogaila (), the first Grand Duke of Lithuania to become King of Poland.In Polish, the dynasty is known as Jagiellonowie and the patronymic form: Jagiellończyk; in Lithuanian it is called Jogailaičiai, in Belarusian Яґайлавічы (Jagajłavičy), in Hungarian Jagelló, and in Czech Jagellonci, as well as Jagello or Jagellon in Latin.
In 1454, he married Elisabeth of Austria, daughter of King Albert II of Germany and Elizabeth of Luxembourg, a descendant of King Casimir III of Poland. Her distant relative was Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor. The marriage strengthened the ties between the house of Jagiellon and the sovereigns of Hungary-Bohemia and put Casimir at odds with ...
May 1, 2022 · Jana (1548), Legnica, Dolnośląskie, Poland. Genealogy for Elisabeth Jagiellon, Princess of Poland (1482 - 1517) family tree on Geni, with over 255 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives.
- November 13, 1482
- Legnica, Dolnośląskie, Poland
- Lithuania
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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–16th centuries. It was founded by Jogaila, grand duke of Lithuania, who became Władysław II Jagiełło of Poland after marriage to Queen Jadwiga (1373?–99) in 1386.
The Jagiellons were a royal dynasty originating from Lithuanian House of Gediminas dynasty that reigned in Central European countries (present day Lithuania, Belarus, Poland, Ukraine, Latvia, Estonia, Kaliningrad, parts of Russia, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia) between the fourteenth and sixteenth century.
When Casimir Jagiellon was born on 5 October 1458, in Grand Duchy of Kraków, Galicia, Austria, his father, Casimir Andrew Jagiellon IV, Grand Duke of Lithuania and , King of Poland, was 30 and his mother, Elizabeth of Austria, was 22. He died on 4 March 1484, in Máriafalva, Vas, Hungary, at the age of 25, and was buried in Wilno Voivodeship ...
Feb 21, 2023 · From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository. Elizabeth Jagiellon. Polish princess (1482-1517) Upload media. 13 November 1482. Lithuania. 16 February 1517, 16 February 1517. Legnica.
