Ruthenian nobility

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 44. Chapters: Gediminas, Jogaila, List of szlachta, Names and titles of Jogaila, Palemonids, Petro Doroshenko, svitrigaila, Kestutis, Algirdas, Michael Glinski, Olelkovich, Jeremi Wisniowiecki, Vytenis, Andrei of Polotsk, Ostrogski family, Dmytro Vyshnevetsky, Pavlo Teteria, Gediminids, Konstanty Ostrogski, Jan Zabrzezinski, Liubartas, Lew Sapieha, Traidenis, Jaunutis, Kaributas, Ivan Skoropadsky, Karijotas, Narimantas, Demetrius I Starshy, Skirgaila, Aleksey Trubetskoy, Kuncewicz family, Vasily Kochubey, Daumantas of Lithuania, Ivan Olshansky, Mykhailo Khanenko, Rogvolod, Treniota, Vykintas, Lengvenis, Shvarn, Kalinowski family, Butigeidis, Erdvilas, Mazepa family, Butvydas, Fyodor Koriatovych, Vainius, VaiSvilas, Manvydas. Excerpt: Jogaila, later ·) (ca. 1362 - 1 June 1434) was Grand Duke of Lithuania (1377-1434), king-consort of Kingdom of Poland (1386-1399), and sole King of Poland (1399-1434). He ruled in Lithuania from 1377, at first with his uncle Kestutis. In 1386, he converted Lithuania to Christianity, was baptized as Wladyslaw, married the young queen regnant Jadwiga of Poland, and was crowned Poland's king as Wladyslaw Jagiello. His own reign in Poland started in 1399, upon death of Queen Jadwiga, and lasted a further thirty-five years and laid the foundation for the centuries-long Polish-Lithuanian union. Wladyslaw II was the founder of the new Jagiellon dynasty that bears his name, while pagan Jogaila was an heir to the already established house of Gediminids (Gediminid dynasty) in Grand Duchy of Lithuania; his royal dynasty ruled both states until 1572, and became one of the most influential dynasties in the late medieval and early modern medieval Central and Eastern Europe. Jogaila was the last pagan ruler of medieval Lithuania. He held the title Didysis KunigaikStis. As King of Poland, he pursued a policy of close alliances with Lithuania against the Teutonic Knights. The allied victory at the Battle of Grunwald in 1410, followed by the Peace of Thorn (1411), secured the Polish and Lithuanian borders and marked the emergence of the Polish-Lithuanian alliance as a significant force in Europe. The reign of Wladyslaw II Jagiello extended Polish frontiers and is often considered the beginning of Poland's "Golden Age". Little is known of Jogaila's early life, and even his date of birth is not certain. Previously historians have given his date of birth as 1352, but some recent research suggests a later date-about 1362. He was a descendant of the Gediminid dynasty and probably born in Vilnius. His parents were Algirdas, Grand Duke of Lithuania, and his second wife, Uliana, daughter of Alexander I, Grand Prince of Tver. Grand Dutchy of Lithuania to which Jogaila succeeded in 1377 was a