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Kazimierz IV Jagiellończyk

1427 - 1492 · King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania · b. in Kraków

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King of Poland (1447-1492) and Grand Duke of Lithuania (1440-1492)

Casimir IV Jagiellon was Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1440 and King of Poland from 1447 until his death in 1492. He was one of the most active Polish-Lithuanian rulers; under him, Poland defeated the Teutonic Knights in the Thirteen Years' War and recovered Pomerania.

Key achievements

  • 01Victory in the Thirteen Years' War (1466)
  • 02Recovered Gdańsk and Royal Prussia
  • 03Father of several European monarchs

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