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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. Raised a Lithuanian polytheist, 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 919,822 page views. His biography is available in 67 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 66 in 2019). Władysław II Jagiełło is the 506th most popular politician (down from 364th in 2019), the 2nd most popular biography from Lithuania (down from 1st in 2019) 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

Among politicians, Władysław II Jagiełło ranks 506 out of 19,576. Before him are Galerius, Alfred Rosenberg, Murad V, Honorius, Isabella II of Spain, and Frederick William III of Prussia. After him are John Adams, Zenobia, Anne, Queen of Great Britain, Yaroslav the Wise, Christian VII of Denmark, and Alexios I Komnenos.

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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, Bernard I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 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 Vytautas (1352), Gediminas (1275), Czesław Miłosz (1911), Mindaugas (1203), Emmanuel Levinas (1906), Hermann Minkowski (1864), Eliezer Ben-Yehuda (1858), Emma Goldman (1869), Algirdas (1296), and Pyotr Wrangel (1878).

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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), Valdas Adamkus (1926), Antanas Smetona (1874), Hacı I Giray (1397), and Vytautas Landsbergis (1932).

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