Reges Nostri. Our Kings. Monarchs and dynasties in the history of Ukraine (1340 - 1795)

Autor: Vitaliy Mykhalovskiy

Rok wydania: 2024

Liczba stron: 248 + 136 zdjęć

Okładka: twarda

Format: 15,5 cm x 24,0 cm

Książka w j. angielskim

A king is not an alien ruler in the Ukrainian history. The adoption of a kingly rule is associated in our historical tradition mostly with Daniel of Galicia who became a king in the mid-13th century. However, our ancestors lived under the rule of kings from the mid-14th cenruty until the end of the 18th century. These monarchs were mostly Polish, a few were Hungarian, but they were the sovereigns of our ancestors at the time when the countries that included areas of Ukraine wewe not nation-states. This book in about the kings and dynasties from the 1340s to the 1790s, of which our ancestors were subjects. That first part talks about the kings of the Piast, Anjou, and Jagiellon dynasties. The second part outlines the stories of elected kings who were chosen by noblesat electoral Sejms in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Eighteen essays prosent biographies of monarchs and the history of dynasties in the context of the Ukrainian story.

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Spis treści:

About our kings /9

Dynastic kings  /31

The Piasts  /33

The one who came by inheritance 

• Casimir III Wielki (1340/1349-1370)  /33

Anjou dynasty  /43

Father and daughter

• Louis I (1370-1382) and Hedwig(1384-1399)  /44

The Jagiellons (1386-1572)

A long road to establishing a dynasty 

• Ladislaus II Jagiełło (1386-1434) /53

When you are king, but others are in charge

• Ladislaus III (1447-1492)  /64

The maker of the Jagiellon world

• Casimir IV (1447-1492)  /72

Familly heritage. Two kings and a prince

• John I Albert (1492-1501) and Alexander I(1501-1506)  /85

Last in line to the throne

• The long reign of Sigismund I (1506-1548)  /94

The rise and fall of the last Jagiellon

• Sigismund II Augustus (1530/1548-1572)  /109

Elected kings

A woman and two foreigners 

• Henry III (1573-1575)  /117
• Anna Jagiellon (1575-1596) nad Stephen Bathory  (1575-1586)  /117

A new king, a new dynasty?

• The complicated reign of Sigismund III Vasa (1586-1632)  /128

The favourite king in our history

• Ladislaus IV Vaza (1632-1648)  /139

A king in difficult times

• John II Casimir Vaza (1648-1668)  /150

A poor choice. A local king 

• Michael Korybut Wiśniowiecki (1669-1673)  /1608

A warrior king who deffated the Ottomans near Vienna, but lost to magnates in his own country

• Jan III Sobieski (1674-1696)  /170

Is a king form abroad good?

• August II the Strong (1697-1733)  /179

When there is a king and there is no king

• August III  (1733-1763)  /191

A hostage king

• Stanislaus II Augustus (1764-1795)  /200

Post Scriptu. Without a king /217

Bibliography /235

Summary /237

Index of person  /239