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Vladislaus II Jagiellon

Type Figure Region Poland Time 1456–1516 Also known as Uladzislaŭ II、Vladislav of Bohemia、Vladislav of Hungary

A Jagiellonian prince (1456–1516), son of Casimir IV: King of Bohemia from 1471, and King of Hungary and Croatia from 1490.…

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  1. 1456–1471Kraków · PolandBorn in Kraków, son of Polish King Casimir IV and Elizabeth of Austria; his brothers included the future Polish kings Alexander I and Sigismund I. Received knightly and political education within the dynasty and was later put forward as a candidate for the Bohemian throne.
  2. 1471–1490Prague · BohemiaCrowned King of Bohemia in 1471 by election of the nobles, his governing strategy focused on negotiation with local nobles; he maneuvered among neighboring rulers such as Matthias Corvinus of Hungary, consolidated Jagiellonian influence in Bohemia, and laid the groundwork for later inheriting the Hungarian throne.
  3. 1490–1516Buda · HungarySucceeded as King of Hungary after the death of Matthias I in 1490, while also holding the Bohemian crown; his reign eased noble tensions and stabilized domestic affairs, and in 1515 he brokered the Treaty of Vienna, arranging marriages between his children and the Habsburg family to strengthen Central European dynastic ties; died in Buda in 1516.

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