Alexander Jagiellon

Alexander Jagiellon (Polish: Aleksander Jagiellończyk, Lithuanian: Aleksandras Jogailaitis; 5 August 1461 – 19 August 1506) of the House of Jagiellon was the Grand Duke of Lithuania and later also King of Poland. He was the 4th son of Casimir V Jagiellon. He was Elected grand duke of Lithuania on the death of his father (1492) and king of Poland on the death of his brother John II Albert.

Alexander Jagiellon
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Grand Duke of Lithuania
30 July 1492 – 19 August 1506
30 July 1492 in Vilnius Cathedral
Predecessor	Casimir V Jagiellon
Successor	Sigismund I
Born	5 August 1461 Kraków, Poland
Died	19 August 1506 Vilnius, Lithuania
Spouse	Helena of Moscow
Father	Casimir V Jagiellon
Mother	Elisabeth of Hungary
Signature	Alexander Jagiellon's signature

Alexander Jagiellon Media

• Johann Haller, Commune Incliti Poloniae regni privilegium constitutionum et indultuum publicitus decretorum approbatorumque (1506, cropped).jpg

  King Alexander in Polish Senate, 1506.

• Alexander and his kanclerz Jan Łaski.

• St. Anne's Church Exterior 2, Vilnius, Lithuania - Diliff.jpg

  Gothic St. Anne's Church in Vilnius was constructed on his initiative in 1495–1500.

• Krakow Wawel 20070804 0930.jpg

  In 1504 he ordered to rebuild the Wawel in a Renaissance style.

• Crown and sword of Grand Duke Aleksandras Jogailaitis, Vilnius, 1931.jpg

  Crown and sword of Alexander Jagiellon

• Lithuanian Denar of Aleksandras Jogailaitis with Vytis (Waykimas) and the Polish Eagle.jpg

  Lithuanian coin with the coat of arms of Lithuania and Poland

• Seal of Aleksandras Jogailaitis with the Polish Eagle, Lithuanian Vytis (Waykimas) and other coats of arms, 1504.jpg

  Seal of Alexander Jagiellon, 1504

• Alexander of Poland.PNG

  Fantasy portrait by Bacciarelli

• Coat of arms of Aleksandras Jogailaitis from the speech of Erasmus Vitellius in Rome, 1501 (cropped).jpg

  Coat of arms of Grand Duke Aleksandras Jogailaitis from the speech of Erasmus Vitellius (Ciolek) in Rome, 1501.

• Sword of Aleksandras Jogailaitis, exhibited in the Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania in Vilnius in 2023.jpg

  Sword of Alexander Jagiellon in 2023