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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Władysław II Jagiełło has received more than 964,111 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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