Jagiellon Dynasty - Rulers of The House of Jagiello

Rulers of The House of Jagiello

Jagiellonians were hereditary rulers of Lithuania and Poland.

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

  • Jogaila (in Lithuania 1377–1401; as Władysław II Jagiełło in the Crown 1386–1434)
  • Władysław III of Poland (in the Crown 1434–1444)
  • Casimir IV Jagiellon (1447–1492)
  • John I Albert (in the Crown 1492–1501)
  • Alexander Jagiellon (1501–1505)
  • Sigismund I the Old (1506–1548)
  • Sigismund II Augustus (1548–1572)
Family tree of the House of Jagiellon
Vladislaus II (Jogaila)
Elisabeth Bonifacia
 Hedwig
 Vladislaus III
 Casimir
 Casimir IV
Vladislaus II Hedwig Saint Casimir John I Albert
 Alexander Sophia Elisabeth Sigismund I
 Frederick Elisabeth Anna Barbara Elisabeth
Anna
 Louis II
 Hedwig
 Anna
 Isabella
 Sigismund II Augustus
 Sophia
 Anna
 Catherine

Note: kings are marked in gold, queens – in pale gold.

Monarchs of Central Europe: the House of Jagiellon and their competitors, 1377–1572




-1570 — – -1560 — – -1550 — – -1540 — – -1530 — – -1520 — – -1510 — – -1500 — – -1490 — – -1480 — – -1470 — – -1460 — – -1450 — – -1440 — – -1430 — – -1420 — – -1410 — – -1400 — – -1390 — – -1380 —
Grand Duchy of Lithuania Jogaila, 1382–1392 Vytautas
1392–1430 Casimir IV
1440–1492 Alexander, 1492–1506 Sigismund I
1506–1548 Sigismund II Augustus
1548–1572
Kingdom of Poland Louis I, 1370–1382 Hedwig, 1382–1399 Vladislaus II (Jogaila)
1386–1433 Vladislaus III, 1434–1444 Casimir IV
1447–1492 John I Albert, 1492–1501 Alexander, 1501–1506 Sigismund I
1506–1548 Sigismund II Augustus
1548–1572
Kingdom of Hungary Louis I, 1342–1382 Mary, 1382–1387 Sigismund
1387–1437 Matthias Corvinus
1458–1490 Matthias Corvinus
1458–1490 Ladislaus V, 1445–1457 Vladislaus I, 1440–1444 Vladislaus II
1490–1516 Louis II, 1516–1526 Ferdinand I
1526–1564 Maximilian II, 1564–1576
Kingdom of Bohemia Wenceslaus IV
1378–1419 Sigismund
1419–1437 Ladislaus
1440–1457 George of Poděbrady
1458–1471 Vladislaus II
1471–1516 Louis II, 1516–1526 Ferdinand I
1526–1564 Maximilian II, 1564–1576   House of Jagiellon
  Other Gediminids
  House of Angevin
  House of Luxembourg
  House of Habsburg
 Other

After Sigismund II Augustus, the dynasty underwent further changes. Sigismund II's heirs were his sisters Anna Jagiellon and Catherine Jagellon. The latter had married 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 Báthory, the husband of the childless Anna, reigned.

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