Wladyslaw II


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Władysław II

(ˈvlædɪslæf)
n
(Biography) original name Jogaila. ?1351–1434, grand duke of Lithuania (1377–1401) and king of Poland (1386–1434). He united Lithuania and Poland and founded the Jagiellon dynasty
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