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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.
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Jadwiga (died 29 December 1249) was by marriage Duchess consort of Greater Poland . Her parentage is disputed among historians and sources. Among the possible origins for Jadwiga include: Descent from the Pomerelian Samborides lineage of the Dukes of Pomerania, [1] [2] i.e. the daughter of Mestwin I, Duke of Pomerania.
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.
- 16 October 1384 – 17 July 1399
- Elizabeth of Bosnia
May 2, 2022 · Gniezno, Gniezno, Wielkopolskie, Poland. Immediate Family: Daughter of Mestwin I, Duke of Pomerania and Zwinisława. Wife of Władysław Odonic Piast. Mother of Mieszko of Poland; Jadwiga Odonicówna; Euphemia of Greater Poland; Duke Bolesław the Pious Piast; Ziemomysl of Wladislawich and 2 others.
- Władysław Odonic Piast
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- circa 1196
- Gniezno, Gniezno, Wielkopolskie, Poland
Life and rule. He was the eldest son of the Greater Polish duke Władysław Odonic by his wife Jadwiga ( Jadwiga ), who was likely a daughter of the Samboride duke Mestwin I of Pomerania, or a member of the Bohemian Přemyslid dynasty (a supposition supported by the name given to her son, the first in the Piast dynasty who bears it), [2] or of ...
Jadwiga (zm. 29 grudnia 1249) – księżna wielkopolska, żona Władysława Odonica. Pochodzenie księżnej Jadwigi nie jest pewne; uważa się ją niekiedy: - za krewną wielkiego mistrza krzyżackiego Poppona von Osterna, miałaby wtedy pochodzenie frankońskie. - za osobę rodu Andechsów.
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.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Sources also include a short-lived son, Ziemomysł, and a daughter, Jadwiga, first wife of Duke Casimir I of Kuyavia. Władysław Odonic died on 5 June 1239. Jadwiga survived him for another ten years before she died herself. She is buried at Gniezno Cathedral in Poland. Notes and References
