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See also:ALEXANDER (1461-1506) , See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king of See also:Poland and See also:grand-See also:duke of Lithuania, See also:fourth son of Casimir IV., king of Poland, was elected grand-duke of Lithuania on the See also:death of his See also:father in 1492, and king of Poland on the death of his See also:brother See also:John See also:Albert in 1501. His extreme impecuniosity made him from the first subservient to the See also:Polish See also:senate and nobles (szlachta), who deprived him of the See also:control of the mint—then one of the most lucrative See also:sources of See also:revenue of the Polish kings—curtailed his See also:prerogative, and generally endeavoured to reduce him to a subordinate position. This See also:ill-timed See also:parsimony reacted injuriously upon Polish politics. Thus, for want of funds, Alexander was unable to assist the Grand See also:Master of the See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
Order of the See also:Sword against See also:Muscovite aggression, or prevent See also:Tsar See also:Ivan III. from ravaging Lithuania with the See also:Tatars. The utmost the king could do was to See also:garrison See also:Smolensk and other fortresses and employ his wife See also:Helena, the tsar's daughter, to mediate a truce between his father-in-See also:law and himself. During his reign Poland suffered much humiliation from the attempts of her subject principalities, See also:Prussia and See also:Moldavia, to throw off her yoke. Only the death of See also:Stephen, the See also:great See also:hospodar of Moldavia, enabled Poland still to hold her own on the See also:Danube; while the liberality of See also:Pope See also:Julius II., who issued no fewer than 29 bulls in favour of Poland and granted Alexander See also:- PETER
- PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
- PETER (PEDRO)
- PETER, EPISTLES OF
- PETER, ST
Peter's Pence and other See also:financial help, enabled the Polish king to restrain somewhat the arrogance of the See also:Teutonic Order. In Alexander the characteristic virtues of the Jagiellos, See also:patience and generosity, degenerated into slothfulness and extravagance. Frequently he was too poor to pay the expenses of his own table. But he never See also:felt at See also:home in Poland, and bestowed his favour principallyupon his See also:fellow-countrymen, the most notable of whom was the wealthy Lithuanian See also:magnate See also:Michael Glinsky, who justified his master's confidence by his great victory over the Tatars at Kleck (See also:August 5, 1506), the See also:news of which was brought to Alexander on his deathbed.
See V. See also:Czerny, The Reigns of John Albert and Alexander Jagiello (Pol.) (See also:Cracow, 1882).
End of Article: ALEXANDER (1461-1506)
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