who were the first and second wives of Sigismund Augustus who reigned as king during 1548 to 1572 and was the Grand Duke of Lithuania. Both Jagiellon and Augustus were key members of the Jagiellon ...

The pieces have been traced back to European royalty, including Alexander Jagiellon - a 15th century King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania. These treasures were first found in the crypts of a ...

The collection includes a crown that belonged to Alexander Jagiellon, also known as Aleksandras Jogailaitis, the king of Poland and grand duke of Lithuania, who lived from 1461 to 1506.

3. The mother of Pope John Paul II was of Lithuanian descent. The majority of Lithuania's three million population are Roman Catholics. 4. Mindaugas was the first and only King of Lithuania. He was ...

The first, and last, king of Lithuania Mindaugas ruled at the time of the invasion. Initially, he fought against these Crusaders to avoid a forced conversion to Christianity. However, he ...

According to the Vilnius Cathedral, the set of regalia was first discovered in its basement in 1931, when a flood revealed the burial chambers of the Grand Duke of Lithuania and King of Poland.