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Władysław II Jagiełło

1362 - 1434

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Jogaila (Lithuanian: [jɔˈɡâːɪɫɐ] ; c. 1352/1362 – 1 June 1434), later Władysław II Jagiełło (Polish: [vwaˈdɨswaf jaˈɡʲɛwwɔ] ), was Grand Duke of Lithuania beginning in 1377 and starting in 1386, becoming King of Poland as well. As Grand Duke, he ruled Lithuania from 1377 to 1381 and from 1382 to 1401, at which time he became the Supreme Duke of Lithuania in exchange for naming his cousin Vytautas as the new Grand Duke. Władysław II initially served as King of Poland alongside his wife Jadwiga until her death in 1399, and then the sole ruler until his own death in 1434. Raised a Lithuanian polytheist, he converted to Catholicism in 1386 and baptized as Ladislaus (Polish: Władysław) in Kraków, married the young Queen Jadwiga, and was crowned King of Poland as Władysław II Jagiełło. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Władysław II Jagiełło is the 577th most popular politician (down from 506th in 2019), the 2nd most popular biography from Lithuania and the 2nd most popular Lithuanian Politician.

Władysław II Jagiełło was a Polish king who united Poland and Lithuania. He is most famous for his victory over the Teutonic Knights at Grunwald in 1410.

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Among politicians, Władysław II Jagiełło ranks 577 out of 19,576. Before him are Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour, Şehzade Bayezid, Archduchess Marie Valerie of Austria, Shinzō Abe, Mary of Burgundy, and Friedrich Merz. After him are Suharto, Faisal of Saudi Arabia, Mohamed Morsi, Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, Atahualpa, and Scipio Africanus.

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Among people born in 1362, Władysław II Jagiełło ranks 1. After him are Jean de Béthencourt, and Taddeo di Bartolo. Among people deceased in 1434, Władysław II Jagiełło ranks 1. After him are Louis III of Anjou, Prokop the Great, Bernard I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, John I, Duke of Bourbon, Marie, Duchess of Auvergne, Sophia of Montferrat, and Yury of Zvenigorod.

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In Lithuania

Among people born in Lithuania, Władysław II Jagiełło ranks 2 out of 328. Before him are Józef Piłsudski (1867). After him are Emmanuel Levinas (1906), Vytautas (1352), Czesław Miłosz (1911), Gediminas (1275), Mindaugas (1203), Hermann Minkowski (1864), Emma Goldman (1869), Algirdas (1296), Romain Gary (1914), and Eliezer Ben-Yehuda (1858).

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Among POLITICIANS In Lithuania

Among politicians born in Lithuania, Władysław II Jagiełło ranks 2. Before him are Józef Piłsudski (1867). After him are Vytautas (1352), Gediminas (1275), Mindaugas (1203), Algirdas (1296), Kęstutis (1297), Dalia Grybauskaitė (1956), Antanas Smetona (1874), Valdas Adamkus (1926), Algirdas Brazauskas (1932), and Vytautas Landsbergis (1932).

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