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Jogaila (Władysław II)

Type Figure Region Poland Time c. 1351–1434 Also known as Władysław II Jagiełło、Jogaila、雅盖沃、瓦迪斯瓦夫二世·雅盖沃

Jogaila (1351–1434), Grand Duke of Lithuania, baptized and crowned King of Poland as Władysław II in 1386, founding the Jagiellonian dynasty;…

Timeline

  1. 1377–1400Vilnius · LithuaniaFrom 1377 Grand Duke of Lithuania, in 1386 he married Queen Jadwiga of Poland, converted to Catholicism, and was crowned King of Poland, establishing a Polish-Lithuanian personal union and integrating the two countries' foreign policies.
  2. 1401–1410Grunwald · Warmia-MasuriaWar broke out with the Teutonic Knights in 1409–1410; on 15 July 1410 he led a Polish-Lithuanian-Bohemian allied army to rout the Knights' main force at the Battle of Grunwald, greatly weakening their expansion in the Baltic.
  3. 1411–1434Kraków · PolandAfter Grunwald, arrangements such as the Peace of Thorn further curtailed the Knights' power; at Kraków he consolidated central authority and church relations, laying the foundation for the Jagiellonian dynasty's long rule of Poland.

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