Jagiellonian dynasty

The Jagiellonian dynasty (US: ), (US: ; Lithuanian: Jogailaičių dinastija; Polish: dynastia jagiellońska), also called Jagiellon dynasty (Polish: dynastia Jagiellonów), House of Jagiellon (Polish: Dom Jagiellonów) or simply the Jagiellons (Lithuanian: Jogailaičiai; Polish: Jagiellonowie; Latin: Iagellonidae), was a cadet branch of the Lithuanian ducal dynasty of Gediminids. It originated with Jogaila, the Grand Duke of Lithuania, who was baptized in Ladislaus in 1386, which paved the way to his ensuing marriage to the Queen Regnant Hedwig of Poland, resulting in his ascension to the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland as Ladislaus II Jagiełło (initially ruling jure uxoris jointly with Jadwiga until her death), and the effective promotion of his branch to a royal dynasty. The Jagiellons were polyglots and.