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Casimir IV Jagiellon

1427 - 1492

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Casimir IV (Casimir Andrew Jagiellon; Polish: Kazimierz Andrzej Jagiellończyk [kaˈʑimjɛʂ jaɡʲɛ(l)ˈlɔj̃t͡ʂɨk] ; Lithuanian: ; 30 November 1427 – 7 June 1492) was Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1440 and King of Poland from 1447 until his death in 1492. He was one of the most active Polish-Lithuanian rulers; under him, Poland defeated the Teutonic Knights in the Thirteen Years' War and recovered Pomerania. The Jagiellonian dynasty became one of the leading royal houses in Europe. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Casimir IV Jagiellon has received more than 605,727 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia. Casimir IV Jagiellon is the 1,245th most popular politician (down from 1,144th in 2019), the 78th most popular biography from Poland (down from 72nd in 2019) and the 20th most popular Polish Politician.

Casimir IV Jagiellon is most famous for being the Grand Duke of Lithuania, and for his marriage to Elizabeth of Austria.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Casimir IV Jagiellon ranks 1,245 out of 19,576. Before him are Emperor Yingzong of Ming, Totila, Mohammed V of Morocco, Emir Abdelkader, Juba II, and Mayer Amschel Rothschild. After him are Saparmurat Niyazov, Romanos I Lekapenos, Zedekiah, Vidkun Quisling, Karađorđe, and Daoguang Emperor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1427, Casimir IV Jagiellon ranks 2. Before him is Emperor Yingzong of Ming. After him are Sigismund, Archduke of Austria, Lucrezia Tornabuoni, Shen Zhou, Antonio Rossellino, and Vincenzo Foppa. Among people deceased in 1492, Casimir IV Jagiellon ranks 5. Before him are Lorenzo de' Medici, Pope Innocent VIII, Piero della Francesca, and Jami. After him are Elizabeth Woodville, Gülbahar Hatun, Beatrice of Silva, Antoine Busnois, Sonni Ali, Jaume Huguet, and Christina Abrahamsdotter.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Casimir IV Jagiellon ranks 78 out of 1,694. Before him are Marie Walewska (1786), Anna Jagiellon (1523), Jakob Böhme (1575), Ladislaus I of Hungary (1046), Werner von Blomberg (1878), and Tamara de Lempicka (1898). After him are Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906), Kurt Alder (1902), Catherine Jagiellon (1526), Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly (1761), Andrzej Sapkowski (1948), and Carl Menger (1840).

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Among POLITICIANS In Poland

Among politicians born in Poland, Casimir IV Jagiellon ranks 20. Before him are Zbigniew Brzezinski (1928), John II Casimir Vasa (1609), Władysław III of Poland (1424), Marie Walewska (1786), Anna Jagiellon (1523), and Ladislaus I of Hungary (1046). After him are Catherine Jagiellon (1526), Egon Krenz (1937), Horst Köhler (1943), Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein (1858), Mieszko I of Poland (940), and Alexander Jagiellon (1461).

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