The Jagiellonian dynasty were the third dynasty to rule Bohemia from 1471 to 1526. Vladislav II Jagiellonian was King of Bohemia (1471-1516) and Hungary (1490-1516). He was the son of Casimir Jagiellonian and Elizabeth of Habsburg, the father of Louis II, and the brother of St Casimir, Emperor Alexander, John Albrecht, Sigismund the Elder, and Cardinal Frederick. In 1500, he established the rights of the Czech aristocracy. In 1515, he signed the Treaty of Vienna with the Habsburgs, which confirmed that the Habsburgs would inherit the thrones of Hungary and Czechia upon the death of his male successors. The Dózsa Uprising erupted in 1514, under the reign of Vladislav II of Czechia, but it was repressed, and the peasants were eventually subdued. The Jagiellonian dynasty was the shortest and weakest to rule Czechia, which was decimated by wars in the 15th century. On the other side, the four-generation Jagiellonian dynasty grew quickly to occupy the thrones not only the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, but also the then-kingdoms of Poland, Hungary, and Czechia. The Jagiellonian dynasty once had as much influence in Central Europe as the renowned Habsburg family.
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