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The name (other variations used in ''Jagellonci'' (sing.: '''''Jagellonec'''''; adjective: '''''Jagellonský'''''). In all variations of that name, the letter J should be pronounced as in "Hallelu'''j'''ah" (or as Y in "'''y'''es"), and G – as in "'''g'''et". to the Black to the Adriatic Sea .]] The dynastic union between the two countries (converted into a full administrative union only in 1569 ) is the reason for the common appellation " Poland-Lithuania " in discussions about the area from the Late Middle Ages onwards. One Jagiellonian briefly ruled both Poland and Hungary ( 1440 – 44 ), and two others ruled both Bohemia and Hungary ( 1490 – 1526 ). Jogaila, Grand Duke of Lithuania and the founder of the dynasty in Poland, became King Of Poland as Ladislaus II after converting to Christianity and marrying Jadwiga , second of Poland's Angevin rulers. The former Polish ruling house of Piast (c. 962 – 1370 ) had ended with the death of Casimir III . Jagiellons were hereditary rulers of Poland and Lithuania. The Jagiellon rulers of Poland-Lithuania (with dates of ruling in brackets) were:
of the Jagiellon dynasty]] Sigismund's heir was his sister, Catherine Jagiellonica , who married Duke John Of Finland the later king ''John III Vasa'' of Sweden ; as a result, the main branch of the Jagiellons merged with the House Of Vasa , which ruled Poland from 1587 until 1668 . The Jagiellons at one point also established dynastic control over the kingdoms of Bohemia and Hungary , with Ladislaus Jagiello followed by his son Louis Jagiello . However, after Louis' sudden death, that royal line was extinguished. SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS |