InfoPersons, originating from Poland
Władysław II Jagiełło
Born about 1348 in Wilno (Vilnius)Died 1 June 1434 in Gródek Jagielloński (now Horodok, Ukraine)
Jogaila, later Władysław II Jagiełło was grand duke of Lithuania and later 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, inducted into the Order of the Dragon and was crowned Polish king as Władysław Jagiełło. His reign in Poland lasted a further forty-eight years and laid the foundation for the centuries-long Polish-Lithuanian union. He gave his name to the Jagiellon branch of the established Lithuanian Gediminids dynasty, which ruled both states until 1572,[3] and became one of the most influential dynasties in medieval Central and Eastern Europe.
Jogaila was the last pagan ruler of medieval Lithuania. As King of Poland, he pursued a policy of close alliances with Lithuania against the Teutonic Order. The allied victory at the Battle of
Portret after a painting
of Jan Matejko
of Jan Matejko
Grunwald in 1410, followed by the Peace of Thorn (1411), secured the Polish and Lithuanian borders and marked the emergence of the Polish-Lithuanian alliance as a significant force in Europe.
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