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  Ladislaus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ladislaus III of Poland (Władysław III Warneńczyk) (Vladislaus I of Hungary, I.
Ladislaus I, Duke of Bohemia (Vladislav I) Ladislaus II, Duke of Bohemia (Vladislav II)
Ladislaus II of Bohemia and Hungary (Vladislaus II of Hungary, II.
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 King Sigismund III of Sweden Vasa of POLAND - John POLEY
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 JAGIELLO. The Columbia Encyclopedia: Sixth Edition. 2000   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
His successors were Ladislaus III (1434–44; as Uladislaus I also king of Hungary); Casimir IV (1447–92); John I (1492–1501); Alexander I (1501–5); Sigismund I (1506–48); and Sigismund II (1548–72), last ruler of the line.
A son of Casimir IV became king of Bohemia (1471) as Ladislaus II and king of Hungary (1490) as Uladislaus II; his son was Louis II of Bohemia and Hungary (1516–26).
The female line of Jagiello merged with the Swedish house of Vasa through the marriage of Catherine, sister of Sigismund II, with John III of Sweden; their son was king of Sweden and of Poland (see Sigismund III).
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 Poland. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
Ladislaus III (reigned 1434–44; after 1440 also king of Hungary), although routed and killed by the Ottoman Turks at the battle of Varna (1444), gave Poland the prestige of championing the Christian cause against the Muslim invaders.
In 1697 the elector of Saxony was chosen king of Poland as Augustus II by a minority faction supported by Czar Peter I. Augustus allied himself with Russia and Denmark against Charles XII of Sweden.
The Sovietization of Poland was accelerated; in 1949, Soviet Marshall Konstantin Rokossovsky was made minister of defense and commander in chief of the Polish army.
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 Jadwiga of Poland
Since according to the Polish law the throne could not be inherited by queens, she was crowned the king of Poland.
Both her mother, Elizabeth, and grandmother, Elizabeth Lokietkówna, were from the Piast dynasty which had ruled Poland from IX century until 1370, and she was the granddaughter of King Ladislaus I, who had reunited Poland earlier in the century.
The nobility of Poland prevailed upon her to end her engagement with William and instead to marry Jagiello, grand duke of Lithuania, whose country had returned to paganism after a brief peiod of Christian kingship in the 1250s.
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 Ladislaus II of Poland
1350-1434), grand duke of Lithuania from 1377 (or 1378) until 1392 (or 1401), became king of Poland as Ladislaus II in 1386 after converting to Christianity and marrying Jadwiga, second of Poland's Angevin rulers.
The Jagiellonian era is usually characterised as the start of Poland's "golden age", when the country became a major European power and extended its frontiers to the north and east.
As Ladislaus II, his reign is noted for the crushing defeat inflicted on the Teutonic Knights in neighbouring Prussia by Polish, Lithuanian, Russian and Tatar forces at the Battle of Tannenberg (1410).
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 Ladislaus II of Poland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Jogailla or Jagiello is reported to have married Hedwig / Jadwiga, queen of Poland.
As Ladislaus II, his reign is noted for the crushing defeat inflicted on the Teutonic Knights in neighbouring Province of Prussia by Polish, Lithuanian, Russian and Tatar forces at the Battle of Grunwald 1410.
He was succeeded by his son Ladislaus III, and after his death at battle of Varna by second son Casimir IV.
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 John II of Poland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
John II of Poland or Jan II Kazimierz Vasa (1609-1672), was the son of Sigismund III of Poland (1566-1632), of the House of Vasa, and his wife Constance of Austria (1588 - 1631).
Poland and Sweden were also on opposite sides in the Thirty Years' War (1618-1648).
In 1648 John II succeeded his half brother and cousin on the Polish throne.
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 Encyclopedia: Przemysl II of Poland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Przemysł II Przemysł II (October 14, 1257 – February 8, 1296), was a duke of Poznań, Greater Poland, Kraków and Pomerania, and King of Poland from 1295 until his death.
He was born to Przemysł I, duke of Greater Poland, and Elisabeth, daughter of Henry II the Pious of Silesia.
Casimir I on Jan Matejkos painting Casimir I, the Restorer (Polish: Kazimierz I Odnowiciel) (1015- 1058), duke of Poland, was the son of Mieszko II of Poland and Rixa von Lothringen.
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 Ladislaus III of Poland : Ladislaus III   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Ladislaus II of Poland, was the second Jagiellonian king of Poland, reigning from 1434 until his death.">
Ladislaus (in Polish, Wladyslaw) III (October 31, 1424 - November 10, 1444), son of king II of Poland">Ladislaus II of Poland, was the second Jagiellonian king of Poland, reigning from 1434 until his death.
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 Ladislaus II of Poland: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about Ladislaus II of Poland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
His accession marked the start of the Jagiellonian dynasty, which was to rule both countries until 1572, presiding over their administrative union in 1569.
Though pagan beliefs continued in the country for some time, the Lithuanian nobility gave its support to the new order upon being promised (in 1401) a voice in the election of the future Polish-Lithuanian rulers.
He was succeeded by his son Ladislaus III.
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 Ladislaus II on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
(yägyĕ´lō) or Ladislaus Jagiello, 1350?-1434, king of Poland (1386-1434), grand duke of Lithuania (1378-1401), founder of the Jagiello dynasty.
Leaguing with Poland against the menacing Teutonic Knights, he acceded to the Polish throne by marrying Queen Jadwiga.
The union of Poland and Lithuania continued after he delegated (1401) a cousin as grand duke.
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 Jogailos - Wikipedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Jogaila (Polish and German Jagiello; sometimes Jagiellon), Grand Duke of Lithuania and the founder of the dynasty, became king of Poland as Ladislaus II after converting to Christianity and marrying Jadwiga, second of Poland's Angevin rulers.
So while Poland's nobles (the Szlachta) always elected a Jogailos to preserve the Polish-Lithuanian alliance, the kings usually had to grant some new privileges to be elected.
Ladislaus II (in Lithuania 1377-1401; in Poland 1386-1434)
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 Ladislaus III of Poland
Ladislaus (in Polish, Wladyslaw) III (October 31, 1424 - November 10, 1444), son of king Ladislaus II of Poland, was the second Jagiellonian king of Poland, reigning from 1434 until his death.
He was succeeded in Poland by his younger brother Casimir.
The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.
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 ladislaus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Vladislaus, Wladislaus or Ladislaus (Polish: Władysław, Czech, Russian: Vladislav) as the name of several kings and dukes of Poland, Hungary and Bohemia.
Ladislaus III of Poland (Władysław III Warneńczyk) (Ulaszlo I of Hungary)
Ladislaus II of Bohemia and Hungary (Ulaszlo II of Hungary)
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Wladyslaw II Jagiello, (Ladislaus II of Poland, Jogaila aka Jagail, Jagal) King of Poland (together with Jadwiga) 1386-1399, King of Poland 1399-1434, Grand Duke of Lithuania c.1377-1392
Jagiello became king of Poland as Ladislaus II (Polish Władysław II) in 1386 after converting to Christianity on February 15 and marrying Jadwiga, second of Poland's Angevin rulers (the first one was Louis of Anjou) ; the marriage was held on February 18,1386.
The Jagiellonian era is usually characterized as the start of Poland's "golden age", when the country became a major European power and extended its frontiers to the north and east.
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 Station Information - Ladislaus III of Poland
Ladislaus III (October 31, 1424 - November 10, 1444), son of king Ladislaus II Jagiello of Poland, was the second Jagiellonian king of Poland, reigning from 1434 until his death.
As a sign of respect, there is a boulevard in Varna, called Vladislav Varnenchik, as well as a football team in past times.
There is also a symbolic mausoleum of Ladislaus III in Varna.
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 Ladislaus II of Poland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
After Queen Jadwiga's death in 1399 he was ruler until his death in 1434 under the name Wladyslaw Jagiello (Ladislaus II).
Jagaila was the first of the dynasty of Lithuanian dukes who were also kings of Poland (1386-1572).
After the last Jogailos dynasty member died out, the kings of Poland were elected by the Polish nobles.
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 Bambooweb: Lutsk
In 1429 Lutsk was a meeting place for a conference of monarchs on handling the Tartar threat organized by Ladislaus II of Poland and Jadwiga of Poland.
Among those invited were Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor, Vasili II the Blind of Russia, king of Denmark Eric of Pomerania, Grand Master of the Livonian Order Zisse von Rutenberg, Duke of Szczecin Kazimierz V, Dan II the Hospodar of Wallachia and electors of most of countries of Germany.
After the death of ?vitrigaila in 1432 Volhynia became a fief of the Crown of Poland and the town became the seat of the governors, and later the Marshalls of the Land of Volhynia.
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 Jagiellon dynasty   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Members of the dynasty were grand dukes of Grand Duchy of LithuaniaLithuania 1377-1392 and 1440-1572, kings of Poland 1386-1572, kings of Hungary 1440-1444 and 1490-1526, and kings of Bohemia 1471-1526.
Jogaila, Grand Duke of Lithuania and the founder of the dynasty in Poland, became king of Poland as Ladislaus II of PolandLadislaus II after converting to Christianity and marrying Jadwiga of PolandJadwiga, second of Poland's Angevin rulers.
Ladislaus II of PolandLadislaus II (in Lithuania 1377-1401; in Poland 1386-1434/)
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 John II of Poland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
John Casimir II Vasa of Poland, or Jan II Kazimierz Waza, (1609-1672), King of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, and Duke of Opole in Silesia.
His parents were Sigismund III of Poland (1566-1632), and Constance of Austria (1588-1631).
His father Sigismund, grandson of Gustav I of Sweden, had succeded his father to the Swedish throne in 1592 only to be deposed from the by his uncle Charles IX of Sweden in 1599.
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 Poland
Ladislaus II, king of Poland (1386–1434), grand duke of Lithuania (1378–1401), founder of the
Augustus II, king of Poland (1697–1733) and, as Frederick Augustus I, elector of Saxony (1694–1733)
Mixed marriages in migration from the Ukraine to Poland.
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 Jadwiga
Ladislaus II, king of Poland - Ladislaus II or Ladislaus Jagiello, 1350?–1434, king of Poland (1386–1434), grand duke...
Jagiello - Jagiello or Jagello, dynasty that ruled Poland and Lithuania from 1386 to 1572, Hungary from 1440...
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 Science Fair Projects - Ladislaus II of Poland
In military terms, his reign is noted for the crushing defeat inflicted on the Teutonic Knights in neighbouring Province of Prussia by Polish, Lithuanian, Smolensk and Tatar forces at the Battle of Grunwald 1410.
Later, however, up until the Union of Lublin, the title of Grand duke of Lithuania was disputed and not always belonged to same person as title of King of Poland.
However, both titles were used to be held by members of same Gediminaičiai dynasty who were related to each other in close family ties (if itwasnt the same person at the time).
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 The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition: Jagiello@ HighBeam Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
JAGIELLO [Jagiello] or Jagello, dynasty that ruled Poland and Lithuania from 1386 to 1572, Hungary from 1440 to 1444 and again from 1490 to 1526, and Bohemia from 1471 to 1526.
His successors were Ladislaus III (1434-44; as Uladislaus I also king of Hungary); Casimir IV (1447-92); John I (1492-1501); Alexander I (1501-5); Sigismund I (1506-48); and Sigismund II (1548-72), last ruler of the line.
A son of Casimir IV became king of Bohemia (1471) as Ladislaus II and king of Hungary (1490) as Uladislaus II ; his son was Louis II of Bohemia and Hungary (1516-26).
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 Mighty Monarchs VII (Poland) quiz
The cultural height of the medieval Kingdom of Poland was during the reign of this monarch.
On July 15, 1410 AD at the Battle of Tannenberg (Grunwald), a combined Polish and Lithuanian force under the command of Ladislaus II, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, defeated this enemy, effectively ending it as a military threat in eastern Europe.
This Prince of Transylvania was elected king of Poland in 1576 AD and successfully defend his kingdom's borders against both the Russians and the Ottoman Turks until his death in 1586 AD.
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