The House of Jagiellon is a European royal dynasty in Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition - Knights of the Mediterranean. Like all minor civilizations, they can be allied with by building a Trading Post at their Trading Post site.
Units[]
Lipka Tatar: Quick firing Cavalry Archer from Lithuania.- Shock Rider: Fast Serbo-Croatian Lancer with dual armor and a powerful lance charge attack. Benefits from promotions.
Technologies[]
| Age | Technology | Cost | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|
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 Pancerni
|
300 food 300 wood |
Hand cavalry and hand shock infantry get +10% ranged resistance |
 Sarmatism
|
350 food 350 wood |
Ships 5 Lipka Tatars; Archers get +1 Line of Sight and range; Lipka Tatars get +2 instead | |
 Folwarks
|
135 wood | Gives 15% of the cost of each farming building constructed as food and/or coin, retroactively | |
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 Jagiellonian Legacy
|
200 food 200 wood 200 gold |
Gives all units and resources received from Age up researches again |
Royal House ability[]
- Balance of Powers: Equalizes your resource stockpile. 260 seconds cooldown.
Strategy[]
The House of Jagiellon helps improve cavalry, archers, and the economy. It is notable for the strategy where it is sometimes used for the Lipka Tatar early in the Commerce Age.
Pancerni improves the ranged resistance of all hand cavalry and shock infantry by 10%. Sarmatism ships 5 Lipka Tatars and gives archers, both on foot and mounted, +1 range and Line of Sight; Lipka Tatars get +2 range and Line of Sight instead.
Jagiellon military units benefit from these technologies. In combination, those two technologies are particularly helpful for civilizations that have strong/special archers (the British, Japanese, and Aztecs), lack other ranged units than Crossbowmen in the Commerce Age (Germans), don't have any ranged cavalry in the Commerce Age (most European civilizations), have their own mounted archers (the Japanese, Russians, Ottomans, and Lakota) and/or rely heavily on strong/cheap melee cavalry as damage sponges (the Germans, British, French, and Japanese).
The Jagiellonian Legacy improvement allows the player to receive resources and units that are obtained by advancing in age again. The Folwarks technology provides a small amount of resources when agricultural buildings are built and acts retroactively for buildings built in the past. Folwarks pays for itself in only three Mills (faster with Estates), but since it works retroactively, it is best that the player delays it until after they make the transition to Mill and Estates or their substitute buildings. Folwarks is notably pretty much worse with Fields, needing about 17 fields to pay for itself (in real terms more due to wood being slower to gather and harder to obtain), but a full transition to Fields will still result in Folwarks paying for itself.
The Lipka Tatar is a cavalry archer with low hit points and damage, but with a fast attack speed and greater range, due to Sarmatism. Notably, it has a much higher dps in hand attack mode versus villagers, due to having a more reduced ranged multiplier than normal for light cavalry, while not having a reduced multiplier in hand attack mode like normal. Unlike many native warriors, the Lipka Tatar is not really specialized into a specific role, helping it be included early.
The Shock Rider is a heavy cavalry unit. It is resistant to both ranged and melee attacks, has relatively few hit points, benefits from promotions, and has a charged ability called Lance Charge. Lance Charge makes it deal more damage in one hit, especially versus light infantry, hand cavalry, and hand shock infantry. Lance Charge also provides a range of 2 and an Area of Effect of 3, especially useful versus dense formations and artillery. Lance Charge has a cooldown of 60 seconds, making it ideal for if the unit is being used for many small fights rather than a continuous battlefield so it has time to recharge.
The Royal House ability Balance of Powers allows the player to balance the resources. If the player has an abundance of one resource, they can use this ability to have a balanced amount of resources. This also helps gain access to infinite wood, especially for civilizations which usually struggle to do so, which helps offsets the biggest weakness of the House of Jagiellon: its native warriors all cost wood.
Notably, Hakkapelits and Berber Camel Riders count as both hand cavalry and light cavalry, so they benefit from Pancerni.
Overall, the House of Jagiellon is a generically useful minor civilization. With the Lipka Tatar being notably helpful early.
History[]
| “ | Grunwald, the House of Jagiellon emerged one of the leading arbiters of events throughout Eastern Europe at the dawn of the modern era. Having been born out of the union of the pagan Grand Duke of Lithuania Jogaila (later rechristened Władysław II Jagiełło) and the Roman Catholic Queen of Poland Jadwiga, the House of Jagiellon understood that to survive the threat of their powerful neighbors, disparate polities would have to unite under a common cause. This close relationship between Poland and Lithuania would eventually culminate in the Union of Lublin, which established a Commonwealth between the two kingdoms that would continue to rule the region for several generations after the house's demise shortly thereafter. Throughout their existence, the Jagiellons oversaw the development of a multicultural society marked by religious toleration and decentralized rule. Turning to the west for inspiration, the Jagiellon dynasty would make contact with the royal lineages of Hungary and Bohemia, unions which would prove fruitful in the ensuing centuries. Through these connections, the Jagiellons imported ideals of the Renaissance and fostered their spread throughout their core domains. The Jagiellonian University in Kraków is one of the oldest and most prestigious centers of learning throughout Europe and a catalyst for the Polish Golden Age of the 1500s. |
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The House of Jagiellon ruled the Kingdom of Poland between 1386 and 1572, with Jogaila as their first king (as seen in the Jadwiga campaign in Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition - Dawn of the Dukes), forming a series of personal unions. They also ruled the Kingdom of Hungary during the years 1440-1444 and 1490-1526, and the Kingdom of Bohemia between 1471 and 1526.
The Polish Golden Age occurred during the reign of the last two Jagellonian kings: Sigismund I (1506-1548) and Sigismund II (1506-1572), although some historians consider that it lasted until the Deluge (1655-1660), during the reign of John II Vasa (1648-1668).
Trivia[]
- The House of Jagiellon units speak Lithuanian and Croatian.
- The flag in the portrait and in-game palace is based on the Coat of Arms of the Jagiellonian dynasty.
- The Balance of Powers ability's activation sound is an excerpt from the music Oi Šermukšnio by Ugniavijas.
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