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Jul 6, 2024 · Władysław I, sarcophagus figure, 14th century; in Wawel Cathedral, Kraków, Poland. Władysław was crowned king of Poland in 1320, but he no longer controlled Silesia—whose dukes opted for John and which henceforth came under the Bohemian crown—and the Teutonic Knights seized Eastern Pomerania.
Jul 6, 2024 · Largely because of Oleśnicki, Władysław III was elected king of Hungary, became active in crusades against the Turks, and, after initial victories, died at the Battle of Varna in 1444. Casimir subsequently became the ruler of both Poland and Lithuania.
3 days ago · In 1386, Grand Duke of Lithuania was baptised into Christianity and married Jadwiga of Poland, taking the name Władysław II Jagiełło and becoming King of Poland. This created a Polish-Lithuanian Union , a formidable opponent for the Teutonic Knights.
4 days ago · To avoid an interregnum and a minority rule, perhaps with a queen, the country elected Władysław III of Poland as king. Within two years of Władysław’s death in battle against the Ottoman Turks in 1444, the estates nominally acknowledged Albert’s son, Ladislas V (called Ladislas Posthumus), as the king of Hungary.
Jul 4, 2024 · The pagan Grand Duke of Lithuania Jogaila (known eventually in Poland by his Christian name Władysław and as Jagiełło, the Polonized form of his Lithuanian name) promised ‘to apply’ his Lithuanian and Ruthenian lands to the Kingdom of Poland ‘in perpetuity.’
4 days ago · Sigismund III Vasa (Polish: Zygmunt III Waza, Lithuanian: Žygimantas Vaza; 20 June 1566 – 30 April 1632 N.S.) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1587 to 1632 and, as Sigismund, King of Sweden and Grand Duke of Finland from 1592 to 1599.
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Augustus III ( Polish: August III Sas, Lithuanian: Augustas III; 17 October 1696 – 5 October 1763) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1733 until 1763, as well as Elector of Saxony in the Holy Roman Empire where he was known as Frederick Augustus II (German: Friedrich August II ). He was the only legitimate son of Augustus II ...
