Kingdom of Poland (1385–1569)
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Capital | Kraków | |||
Language(s) | Polish (spoken) Latin (written) |
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Religion | Roman Catholic | |||
Government | Monarchy | |||
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- Union of Krewo | August 14, 1385 | |||
- Union with Lithuania | July 1, 1569 |
Polish Statehood |
The Kingdom of Poland of the Jagiellons was the Polish state in the years between the death of Casimir III in 1370 and the Union of Lublin in 1569. Between 1370 and 1385, the Kingdom was ruled by the following Angevin kings:
After the Union of Krewo, the following Jagiellons ruled:
- Wladislaus II Jagiełło
- Wladislaus III of Varna
- Casimir IV the Jagiellonian
- John I Olbracht
- Alexander the Jagiellonian
- Sigismund I the Old
- Sigismund II Augustus