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Alexander Jagiellon

1461 - 1506

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Alexander Jagiellon (Polish: Aleksander Jagiellończyk; Lithuanian: Aleksandras Jogailaitis; 5 August 1461 – 19 August 1506) was Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1492 and King of Poland from 1501 until his death in 1506. He was the fourth son of Casimir IV and a member of the Jagiellonian dynasty. Alexander was elected grand duke of Lithuania upon the death of his father and became king of Poland upon the death of his elder brother John I Albert. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alexander Jagiellon is the 2,195th most popular politician (down from 1,902nd in 2019), the 119th most popular biography from Poland (down from 110th in 2019) and the 28th most popular Polish Politician.

Alexander Jagiellon was the king of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1506 until his death in 1548. He ruled the largest Polish-Lithuanian state in the history of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Alexander Jagiellon ranks 2,195 out of 19,576. Before him are Louis I, Duke of Anjou, Mentuhotep II, August Bebel, Arthur Liebehenschel, Risto Ryti, and Haakon II of Norway. After him are Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, Rastislav of Moravia, Dongmyeong of Goguryeo, Basiliscus, Edmund Crouchback, and Jules Grévy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1461, Alexander Jagiellon ranks 1. After him are Anne of France, Christina of Saxony, and Raffaele Riario. Among people deceased in 1506, Alexander Jagiellon ranks 6. Before him are Christopher Columbus, Philip I of Castile, Andrea Mantegna, Yeonsangun of Joseon, and Anne of Foix-Candale. After him are Sesshū Tōyō, Sultan Husayn Bayqara, Alexander Agricola, Beatriz, Duchess of Viseu, Sancha of Aragon, and João I of Kongo.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Alexander Jagiellon ranks 119 out of 1,694. Before him are Ulrich Beck (1944), Karl Hanke (1903), Hanna Reitsch (1912), Casimir Funk (1884), Władysław Sikorski (1881), and Arthur Liebehenschel (1901). After him are Pola Negri (1897), Alfred von Tirpitz (1849), Klaus von Klitzing (1943), Fred Zinnemann (1907), Karl Ludwig Hencke (1793), and Joseph Rotblat (1908).

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Among POLITICIANS In Poland

Among politicians born in Poland, Alexander Jagiellon ranks 28. Before him are Bolesław I the Brave (967), Egon Krenz (1937), Catherine Jagiellon (1526), Marie Walewska (1786), Karl Hanke (1903), and Arthur Liebehenschel (1901). After him are Casimir IV Jagiellon (1427), Kurt Daluege (1897), Alexandre Colonna-Walewski (1810), Władysław Gomułka (1905), Bronisław Komorowski (1952), and Géza I of Hungary (1040).

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