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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 565,514 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Casimir IV Jagiellon is the 1,146th most popular politician (up from 1,261st in 2019), the 72nd most popular biography from Poland (up from 75th in 2019) and the 15th 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 1,146 out of 15,577Before him are Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt, Frederick V of Denmark, Manasseh of Judah, Alexander I of Macedon, Dolores Ibárruri, and Bashar al-Assad. After him are Xianfeng Emperor, Amanullah Khan, Jean Monnet, Baldur von Schirach, Maximilian II of Bavaria, and Roderic.

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Contemporaries

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

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Casimir IV Jagiellon ranks 72 out of 1,454Before him are Sigismund I the Old (1467), Werner von Blomberg (1878), Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906), Emanuel Lasker (1868), Gustav Fechner (1801), and Andrzej Sapkowski (1948). After him are Maria Feodorovna (1759), Norbert Elias (1897), Walther Nernst (1864), John II Casimir Vasa (1609), Pola Negri (1897), and Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen (1895).

Among POLITICIANS In Poland

Among politicians born in Poland, Casimir IV Jagiellon ranks 15Before him are Lech Kaczyński (1949), Wojciech Jaruzelski (1923), Władysław III of Poland (1424), Casimir III the Great (1310), Bolesław I the Brave (967), and Sigismund I the Old (1467). After him are John II Casimir Vasa (1609), Anna Jagiellon (1523), Horst Köhler (1943), Egon Krenz (1937), Ladislaus I of Hungary (1046), and Catherine Jagiellon (1526).