As king of the Saracens, probably the most accurate portrait of Alexander, c. 1504[1]
Grand Duke of Lithuania
Reign
30 July 1492 – 19 August 1506
Coronation
30 July 1492 in Vilnius Cathedral
Predecessor
Casimir IV Jagiellon
Successor
Sigismund I the Old
King of Poland
Reign
12 December 1501 – 19 August 1506
Coronation
12 December 1501 in Wawel Cathedral
Predecessor
John I Albert
Successor
Sigismund I the Old
Born
5 August 1461 Kraków, Poland
Died
19 August 1506(1506-08-19) (aged 45) Vilnius, Lithuania
Burial
Vilnius Cathedral, Vilnius, Lithuania (1506)
Spouse
Helena of Moscow
Dynasty
Jagiellon
Father
Casimir IV Jagiellon
Mother
Elisabeth of Hungary
Signature
Alexander Jagiellon (Polish: Aleksander Jagiellończyk; Lithuanian: Aleksandras Jogailaitis; 5 August 1461 – 19 August 1506) of the House of Jagiellon was Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1492 and King of Poland from 1501 until his death in 1506.[2] He was the fourth son of Casimir IV Jagiellon. He was elected grand duke of Lithuania upon the death of his father and king of Poland upon the death of his brother John I Albert.
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^Jerzy Jan Lerski; Piotr Wróbel; Richard J. Kozicki (1996). Historical dictionary of Poland, 966–1945. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-313-26007-0.
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