The Jagiełło Oak is the most noted of the

Białowieża Forest Białowieża Forest; lt, Baltvyžių giria; pl, Puszcza Białowieska ; russian: Беловежская пуща, Belovezhskaya Pushcha is a forest on the border between Belarus and Poland. It is one of the last and largest remaining pa ...

oaks. The tree was blown down on November 2, 1974, at which time it had a circumference of at breast height and a height of ; it had large branches and a well-developed crown. The fallen trunk can still be seen in the Białowieża National Park. King

Władysław II Jagiełło Jogaila (; 1 June 1434), later Władysław II Jagiełło ()He is known under a number of names: lt, Jogaila Algirdaitis; pl, Władysław II Jagiełło; be, Jahajła (Ягайла). See also: Names and titles of Władysław II Jagiełło. ...

is said to have rested beneath the tree before the

Battle of Grunwald The Battle of Grunwald, Battle of Žalgiris or First Battle of Tannenberg was fought on 15 July 1410 during the Polish–Lithuanian–Teutonic War. The alliance of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, led respec ...

in 1410 – however at its death the tree is thought to have been no more than 450 years old, which would mean it did not begin growing until around 1524.

External links

Oaks in Białowieza Forest
at ''Bialowieza.pl''
The Jagiełło Oak in photographs

Pierwszy w dostojności między drzewami (The first among trees)
at Białowieża National Park website {{DEFAULTSORT:Jagiello Oak Individual oak trees Landmarks in Poland Natural monuments of Poland Białowieża Forest 1970s individual tree deaths Individual trees in Poland