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King Jagiello of Poland

My favorite statue in Central Park is that of King Władysław II Jagiełło of Poland, by the Turtle Pond.

Credit for last photo: Bridge & Tunnel Club

Published at 7:42 pm on Tuesday 23 January 2007. Categories: Architecture Art Monarchy New York.
Comments

I am a descendent of the “TAJO” of Hungary who fought the turks at Mohacs in 1526 under king ‘Ludwig’. This according to my Austrian father.
Do you have any further information about that event or the Polish king?

— Reinhold Boyer-Tajovsky 27 Jan 2007 5:55 am

If someone wants more information about Polish kings please send me a message on a e-mail rafal.gufi@gmail.com. I will be happy if I can help.

— Rafal Zieliński 8 Mar 2010 2:06 pm

I have a question. As you can see, my last name is Jagiello. I am Polish, but I’m not sure if he is my ansestor. Could you please explain to me if he is?

— Emily Jagiello 19 Apr 2011 1:38 am

Pani Jagiello,

I came across your question by accident. I studied Polish and lived there for two years. I don’t want to get your hopes up, you could be related. It is the polonized form of the former Lithuanian royal house. I remember that in pre-WWII Poland Poles were forbidded by law to change their surnames to those of the top five noble families in Poland. I don’t think Jagiello was one of them (I don’t think they were around much any longer — a lot married into foreign princely houses and their dynasty was succeeded by the old Swedish Vasa dynasty — which is defunct even in Sweden), but I can’t imagine it would be kindly looked upon by their courts to change one’s name to one of their great dynasties. Just a thought.

— Mark R 20 Apr 2011 2:01 am
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