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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.
May 1, 2022 · Birthplace: 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.
- November 13, 1482
- Legnica, Dolnośląskie, Poland
- Lithuania
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.:
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.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
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 ...
Brief Life History of Elizabeth. When Elizabeth Herzogin von Österreich was born in 1436, in Vienna, Austria, her father, Graf Albrecht Albert IX von Habsburg II of Germany, was 39 and her mother, Elisabeth von Luxemburg, was 27. She had at least 6 sons and 9 daughters with Casimir Andrew IV.
Brief Life History of Casimir. 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 ...
