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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 (1377–1381 and 1382–1401), later giving the position to his cousin Vytautas in exchange for the title of Supreme Duke of Lithuania (1401–1434) and then King of Poland (1386–1434), first alongside his wife Jadwiga until 1399, and then sole ruler of Poland. Born a pagan, he converted to Catholicism in 1386 and was baptized as Ladislaus (Polish: Władysław) in Kraków, married the young Queen Jadwiga, and was crowned King of Poland as Władysław II Jagiełło. In 1387, he converted Lithuania to Catholicism. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Władysław II Jagiełło has received more than 848,470 page views. His biography is available in 66 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 65 in 2019). Władysław II Jagiełło is the 364th most popular politician (up from 590th in 2019), the most popular biography from Lithuania and the 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

Among politicians, Władysław II Jagiełło ranks 364 out of 15,577. Before him are Shimon Peres, George V, Priam, Gerald Ford, Chagatai Khan, and Sokollu Mehmed Pasha. After him are Eva Perón, Henry VI of England, John III Sobieski, Charles IX of France, Dido, and Abdulmejid I.

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Contemporaries

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 Prokop the Great, Louis III of Anjou, John I, Duke of Bourbon, Marie, Duchess of Auvergne, Bernard I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Sophia of Montferrat, and Yury of Zvenigorod.

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In Lithuania

Among people born in Lithuania, Władysław II Jagiełło ranks 1 out of 287. After him are Józef Piłsudski (1867), Vytautas (1352), Mindaugas (1203), Gediminas (1275), Emmanuel Levinas (1906), Czesław Miłosz (1911), Romain Gary (1914), Algirdas (1296), Emma Goldman (1869), Hermann Minkowski (1864), and César Cui (1835).

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Among POLITICIANS In Lithuania

Among politicians born in Lithuania, Władysław II Jagiełło ranks 1. After him are Józef Piłsudski (1867), Vytautas (1352), Mindaugas (1203), Gediminas (1275), Algirdas (1296), Kęstutis (1297), Antanas Smetona (1874), Vytautas Landsbergis (1932), Valdas Adamkus (1926), Algirdas Brazauskas (1932), and Gabriel Narutowicz (1865).

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