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Encyclopedia > John I Olbracht
Jan I Olbracht
Reign From September 23, 1492
until June 17, 1501
Coronation On September 23, 1492
in the Wawel Cathedral,
Kraków, Poland
Royal House Jagiellon
Parents Kazimierz IV Jagiellończyk
Elżbieta Rakuszanka
Consorts None
Children None
Date of Birth December 27, 1459
Place of Birth Kraków, Poland
Date of Death June 17, 1501
Place of Death Toruń, Poland
Place of Burial Kraków, Poland
buried on July 26, 1501

John I Albert (Polish: Jan I Olbracht) was king of Poland from 1492 to 1501. He was defeated during a military operation in Bukovina in the battle against Moldavia.




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John I Albert of Poland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (487 words)
John I Albert of Poland (Polish: Jan I Olbracht, 1459 – 1501) was King of Poland (1492 – 1501), Duke of Głogów (1491 - 1498).
As suzerain of Moldavia, John was favorably situated for attacking the Turks.
Czerny, The Reigns of Jan Olbracht and Aleksander Jagiellon (in Polish), Kraków, 1882.
John I of Poland at AllExperts (406 words)
John I Albert (Polish: Jan I Olbracht) (1459-1501) was king of Poland from 1492 until 1501.
The loss of revenue consequent upon the secession of Lithuania placed John Albert at the mercy of the Polish Sejmiki or local diets, where the szlachta, or country gentry, made their subsidies dependent upon the king's subservience.
Primarily a warrior with a strong taste for heroic adventure, John Albert desired to pose as the champion of Christendom against the Turks.
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