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Jogaila (Władysław II Jagiełło)

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

Grand Duke Jogaila married Queen Jadwiga of Poland in 1386, was baptized as Władysław, crowned King of Poland, and founded the Jagiellonian dynasty;…

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  1. 1377–1385Vilnius · LithuaniaIn 1377 he succeeded his brother Algirdas as Grand Duke of Lithuania, consolidating power amid struggles among Lithuanian nobles and kin factions, and negotiated with Poland over marriage and Christianization.
  2. 1386–1399Kraków · PolandIn 1386 he married Jadwiga, was baptized, and was crowned King of Poland as Władysław II, promoting Christianization from Kraków and repeatedly bargaining with Vytautas over power arrangements in Lithuania.
  3. 1399–1434Kraków · PolandAfter Jadwiga's death in 1399 he held sole authority in Poland, maintained the dual monarchy with Vytautas through arrangements such as the Agreement of Ostrov, and strengthened his leadership of the war against the Teutonic Order from the late 1390s through the Battle of Grunwald in 1410.

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