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Jadwiga ( Polish: [jadˈviɡa] ⓘ; 1373 or 1374 – 17 July 1399), also known as Hedwig ( Hungarian: Hedvig ), was the first female to be crowned as monarch of the Kingdom of Poland. She reigned from 16 October 1384 until her death. She was the youngest daughter of Louis the Great, King of Hungary and Poland, and his wife, Elizabeth of Bosnia.
Invasion of Poland, attack on Poland by Nazi Germany that marked the start of World War II. The invasion lasted from September 1 to October 5, 1939. As dawn broke on September 1, 1939, German forces launched a surprise attack on Poland.
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Dec 18, 2023 · Wikipedia. Ten-year-old Jadwiga returned to Poland and was crowned rex (“king”) on October 15, 1384. The reason she was crowned king instead of queen was made to reflect upon the Polish nobles’ enmity towards her prearranged husband, William of Austria. Her coronation emphasized Jadwiga’s status as the legitimate ruler of Poland.
Oct 18, 2012 · Until 1370, Poland was ruled by the Piast dynasty; however, its last King, Casimir III, had no surviving legitimate sons (he did have male grandchildren, but they were considered unfit to rule because of their young age), and so he decreed that the son of his sister Elizabeth, Louis I of Hungary, will succeed him on the throne of Poland.
Kraków throne the young queen Jadwiga, who brought order and opened a new period of prosperity to her nation. 6. Jadwiga formally crowned as a ‘king’ of Poland, but the main power would belong to her husband in the future. The Polish regency council overruled her family’s plans for Jadwiga to marry Wilhelm of Habsburg Austria.
Jadwiga (born 1373/74—died July 17, 1399, Kraków, Poland; canonized June 8, 1997; feast day February 28) was the queen of Poland (1384–99) whose marriage to Jogaila, grand duke of Lithuania ( Władysław II Jagiełło of Poland), founded the centuries-long union of Lithuania and Poland. Jadwiga was the daughter of Louis I, king of both ...
Crowned king [sic] of Poland (October 15, 1384) in the cathedral on Wawel Hill, Cracow; refounded Cracow University; beatified by Pope John Paul II during his visit to Poland (1979). Jadwiga died a queen, venerated as a saint, in July 1399, at the age of 25 years. As a queen, she is acknowledged to have been "one of Poland's great rulers."
