page_title: Jagiellonian dynasty
section_title: Jagiellonian Kings of Poland
hierarchical_section_title: Jagiellonian dynasty / Jagiellonian Kings of Poland
caption_attribution_description: Ten portrait miniatures of the Jagiellon Family (Sigismund I the Old, Bona Sforza, Sigismund II Augustus, Elizabeth of Austria, Barbara Radziwiłł, Catherine of Austria, Isabella Jagiellon, Catherine Jagiellon, Sophia Jagiellon, Anna Jagiellon).label QS:Len,"Ten portrait miniatures of the Jagiellon Family (Sigismund I the Old, Bona Sforza, Sigismund II Augustus, Elizabeth of Austria, Barbara Radziwiłł, Catherine of Austria, Isabella Jagiellon, Catherine Jagiellon, Sophia Jagiellon, Anna Jagiellon)." label QS:Lpl,"Dziesięć miniatur portretowych rodziny Jagiellonów (Zygmunt Stary, Bona Sforza, Zygmunt August, Elżbieta Austriacka, Barbara Radziwiłłówna, Katarzyna Austriacka, Izabela Jagiellonka, Katarzyna Jagiellonka, Zofia Jagiellonka, Anna Jagiellonka)."
context_page_description: The Jagiellonian dynasty was a royal dynasty, founded by Jogaila, the Grand Duke of Lithuania, who in 1386 was baptized as Władysław, married Queen regnant Jadwiga of Poland, and was crowned King of Poland as Władysław II Jagiełło. The dynasty reigned in several Central European countries between the 14th and 16th centuries. Members of the dynasty were Kings of Poland, Grand Dukes of Lithuania, Kings of Hungary, and Kings of Bohemia.
  The personal union between the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania is the reason for the common appellation "Poland–Lithuania" in discussions about the area from the Late Middle Ages onward. One Jagiellonian briefly ruled both Poland and Hungary, and two others ruled both Bohemia and Hungary and then continued in the distaff line as a branch of the House of Habsburg.
  The Polish "Golden Age", the period of the reigns of Sigismund I and Sigismund II, the last two Jagiellonian kings, or more generally the 16th century, is most often identified with the rise of the culture of Polish Renaissance.
context_section_description: After Sigismund II Augustus, the dynasty underwent further changes. Sigismund II's heirs were his sisters Anna Jagiellon and Catherine Jagiellon. 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.
caption: Jagiellon family
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