jogaila

After death Queen Anna of Cili in 1416, Vladislaus Jogaila was looking for third wife. Two main candidates were Elizabeth of Luxembourg, proposed by her uncle Sigismund, and Maria Vasilievna, daughter of Vasili I of Moscow and Sophia of Lithuania-she was proposed by her grandfather Vytautas...

Third marriage of king Władysław II Jagiełło (Jogaila) was his only marriage from love, and shortest one too. Jogaila's decision to marry Elżbieta, widow of castellan Wincenty Granowski, who died in 1410, likely poisoned by Teutonic Knights, was heavy criticized. She was not of royal blood...

From what I read, Jogaila and Jadwiga are related in less than 7 degrees because Jogaila is a descendant of a sister of Elbowhigh, was this given dispensation by the Pope at that time, could Sigismund use it against them? @krieger @Jan Olbracht

Zbigniew Oleśnicki, bishop of Cracow and first Polish cardinal, was prominent figure in Poland's politics during late Władysław II's reign and reign of his young son Władysław III. Oleśnicki was ambitious and capable man, but his actions caused lots of problems for rulers of Poland, starting...

ITTL Vytautas' first wife dies earlier than IOTL, in 1413, just after Union of Horodło. Thus Vytautas could remarry earlier-to Uliana Holshanska, just few years earlier, or another woman from Holshansky family, or from some other boyar family, that is not the most important thing. What really...

Władysław II Jagiełło, King of Poland and Supreme Duke of Lithuania has a healthly son born in 1408 (instead of daughter Hedwig) named Władysław after father. IOTL Jadwiga/Hedwig was proclaimed heiress to Polish throne in 1413 during congress of Jedlnia. It should be even easier with son (whose...

Say that Jogaila's third wife Elżbieta Granowska outlived him, thus he dies without sons and do not start new dynasty. He still have daughter from his second marriage, Jadwiga (Hedwig) born in 1408. She was engaged with Frederick Hohenzollern, born in 1413, son of Elector of Brandenburg but...