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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 44. Chapters: Gediminas, Jogaila, List of szlachta, Names and titles of Jogaila, Palemonids, Petro Doroshenko, vitrigaila, K stutis, Algirdas, Michael Glinski, Olelkovich, Jeremi Wi niowiecki, Vytenis, Andrei of Polotsk, Ostrogski family, Dmytro Vyshnevetsky, Pavlo Teteria, Gediminids, Konstanty Ostrogski, Jan Zabrzezi ski, Liubartas, Lew Sapieha, Traidenis, Jaunutis, Kaributas, Ivan Skoropadsky, Karijotas, Narimantas, Demetrius I Starshy, Skirgaila, Aleksey Trubetskoy, Kuncewicz family, Vasily Kochubey, Daumantas of Lithuania, Ivan Olshansky, Mykhailo Khanenko, Rogvolod, Treniota, Vykintas, Lengvenis, Shvarn, Kalinowski family, Butigeidis, Erdvilas, Mazepa family, Butvydas, Fyodor Koriatovych, Vainius, Vai vilas, Manvydas. Excerpt: Jogaila, later .) (ca. 1362 - 1 June 1434) was Grand Duke of Lithuania (1377-1434), king-consort of Kingdom of Poland (1386-1399), and sole King of Poland (1399-1434). He ruled in Lithuania from 1377, at first with his uncle K stutis. In 1386, he converted Lithuania to Christianity, was baptized as W adys aw, married the young queen regnant Jadwiga of Poland, and was crowned Poland's king as W adys aw Jagie o. His own reign in Poland started in 1399, upon death of Queen Jadwiga, and lasted a further thirty-five years and laid the foundation for the centuries-long Polish-Lithuanian union. W adys aw II was the founder of the new Jagiellon dynasty that bears his name, while pagan Jogaila was an heir to the already established house of Gediminids (Gediminid dynasty) in Grand Duchy of Lithuania; his royal dynasty ruled both states until 1572, and became one of the most influential dynasties in the late medieval and early modern medieval Central and Eastern Europe. Jogaila was the last pagan ruler of medieval Lithuania. He held the title Didysis Kunigaik tis. As King of Poland, he pursued a policy of clos...
