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Name

The name comes from Jagiello, the first Polish king of that dynasty. In Polish,the dynasty is known as Jagiellonowie and the patronymic form: Jagiellonczyk; inLithuanian it is called Jogailaiciai, in Belarusian ?????????? (Jagajlavicy), in Hungarian Jagellk, and in Czech Jagellonci, as well as Jagello or Jagellon in Latin.Pre-dynasty background

The rule of Piasts, the earlier Polish ruling house (c. 9621370) had ended with the death of Casimir III.

Gediminids (Lithuanian: Gediminaiciai), the immediate predecessors of the firstJagiellonian, were rulers of medieval Lithuania with the title of Grand Duke. Their realm, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, was chiefly inhabited by Lithuanians and Ruthenians.

Jogaila, the eponymous first ruler of the Jagiellonin dynasty, started as the Grand Duke of Lithuania. He then converted to Christianity and married the 11-year-old Jadwiga of Poland, the second of Poland's Angevin rulers. Thereby he becameKing of Poland and founded the dynasty.Rulers of the House of JagielloFile:House of JagiellonFile:Jagiellon Family.jpg

The Jagiellonian rulers of Lithuania and the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland (with dates of ruling in brackets) were:

Jogaila (in Lithuania 13771401; as Wladyslaw II Jagiello in the Crown 13861434)

Wladyslaw III of Poland (in the Crown 14341444)Casimir IV Jagiellon (14471492)John I Albert (in the Crown 14921501)Alexander Jagiellon (15011505)Sigismund I the Old (15061548)Sigismund II Augustus (15481572)

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Family tree of the House of Jagiellon [show]

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Monarchs of Central Europe: the House of Jagiellon and their competitors, 13771572 [show]

After Sigismund II Augustus, the dynasty underwent further changes. Sigismund II's heirs were his sisters Anna Jagiellon and Catherine Jagellon. The latter hadmarried Duke John of Finland, who thereby from 1569 became King John III of Sweden, and they had a son, Sigismund III Vasa; as a result, the Polish branch of the Jagiellonians merged with the House of Vasa, which ruled Poland from 1587 until 1668. During the interval, among others, Stephen Bthory, the husband of the childless Anna, reigned.Bohemia and Hungary

At one point, the Jagiellonians established dynastic control also over the kingd

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oms of Bohemia (from 1490 onwards) and Hungary (from 1490 on), with Vladislaus Jagiello whom several history books call Vladisla(u)s II. After being elected andcrowned King of Hungary, Vladislaus moved his court to Hungary from were he ruled both countries and his children were born and raised.

The Jagiellonian Kings of Bohemia and Hungary:

Vladislaus II of Bohemia and Hungary (Vladislaus Jagiello)Louis II of Hungary and Bohemia (Louis Jagiello). By Louis' sudden death in

Battle of Mohcs in 1526, that royal line was extinguished in male line.Anna of Bohemia and Hungary, Queen Consort, sister of Louis. Her husband Fer

dinand I, Holy Roman Emperor was elected King of Bohemia based on her rights. Hewas also elected King of Hungary in dispute at first with John Zpolya and then with John II Sigismund Zpolya.

Isabella Jagiellon of Hungary, Queen Consort, daughter of Sigismund I the Old. She was wife of the King John I of Hungary (the crowned Count John Zpolya) andmother of John II Sigismund Zpolya.