Jagello
noun
a member of a dynasty ruling in Bohemia, Hungary, Lithuania, and Poland in the 14th to 16th centuries.
Jagellon
-
a word derived from
Jagello.
Example Sentences
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Some time afterwards one of his cousins, Vitovt, raised a revolt against him in Lithuania, and Jagellon was compelled to cede that territory to him.
From The Story of Russia by R. Van Bergen
At this time the Russian language was adopted and with it the Greek Church, although Jagellon was still a pagan.
From The Story of Russia by R. Van Bergen
During the reigns of the later sovereigns of the Jagellon dynasty, Sigismund I. and II., and that of their predecessor, John Sobieski, the principles of these seminaries might be considered sound.
From Thaddeus of Warsaw by Jane Porter
Although the monarchy was not yet completely elective, but hereditary in the house of Jagellon, the election of every king had to be sanctioned by the nobles.
From Outline of Universal History by George Park Fisher
Hedvige, Queen of Poland, marries Duke of Jagellon, of Lithuania, uniting the states and establishing the Jagellon dynasty; as sovereign of Poland he is styled Ladislaus II.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07 by Rossiter Johnson
