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Władysław II Jagiełło z wizerunków królów polskich autorstwa Aleksandra Lessera z XIX w. Władysław II Jagiełło ( lit. Jogaila, ur. ok. 1362 lub ok. 1352, zm. 1 czerwca 1434 w Gródku) – wielki książę litewski i książę witebski w latach 1377–1381 i 1382–1401, iure uxoris król Polski, najwyższy książę litewski 1401–1434.
Apr 16, 2024 · Vladimir T. Pashuto. 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.
Jogaila. Vytis. Jogaila, later Władysław II Jagiełło [1] (b. about 1362 – d. June 1, 1434), was a Grand Duke of Lithuania and King of Poland. He ruled in Lithuania from 1377, at first with his uncle, Kęstutis. In 1386, he converted to Christianity, was baptized as Władysław, married the young Queen Jadwiga of Poland, and was crowned ...
WŁADYSŁAW II JAGIEŁŁO (POLAND) (Lithuanian: Jogaila; c. 1351 – 1434), grand duke of Lithuania (1377 – 1401) and king of Poland (1386 – 1434); son of Grand Duke Algirdas of Lithuania (d. 1375) and Yuliana, princess of Tver; and founder of the Jagiellon dynasty in Poland. In 1382 Jogaila imprisoned his uncle K ê stutis, with whom he ...
Jogaila, later Władysław II Jagiełło, was Grand Duke of Lithuania, later giving the position to his cousin Vytautas in exchange for the title of Supreme Duke of Lithuania (1401–1434) and then King of Poland (1386–1434), first alongside his wife Jadwiga until 1399, and then sole ruler of Poland. Born a pagan, he converted to Catholicism in 1386 and was baptized as Ladislaus in Kraków ...
JAGIE ŁŁ O (W Ł ADYS Ł AW II) King of Poland and grand duke of Lithuania; b. c. 1350; d. Grodno, June 1, 1434. At his death (1377), Olgierd, the grand duke of Lithuania, left the supreme authority to his son Jagie łł o. His power threatened from within by his convert cousin Witold and from without by hostile neighbors, Jagie łł o ...
