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Hedwig of Sagan (Polish: Jadwiga żagańska; before 1350 – 27 March 1390) was Queen of Poland as the fourth wife of Casimir III. Casimir's lack of male heir spelled the end of the Piast Dynasty in the Kingdom of Poland. After Casimir's death in 1370, she remarried Rupert I of Legnica.
Hedwig of Sagan ( Polish: Jadwiga żagańska; before 1350 – 27 March 1390) was Queen of Poland as the fourth wife of Casimir III. Casimir's lack of male heir spelled the end of the Piast Dynasty in the Kingdom of Poland. After Casimir's death in 1370, she remarried Rupert I of Legnica.
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Who was Hedwig of Sagan? Hedwig of Sagan was a daughter of Henry V of Iron and his wife Anna, daughter of Duke Wenceslaus of Płock. She is also known as Jadwiga. She was the fourth wife of Casimir III the Great and wife of Rupert I of Legnica. Jadwiga was Queen consort of Poland by her first marriage to Casimir.
Apr 28, 2022 · Hedwig (b. aft. 1350? - d. 27 March 1390), married firstly on 25 February 1363 to King Casimir III the Great of Poland and secondly by 10 February 1372 to Duke Rupert I of Legnica. Henry VII Rumpold (b. ca. 1350 - d. 24 December 1395). Henry VIII the Sparrow (b. ca. 1357 - d. 14 March 1397). Rupert I of Legnica. From Wikipedia, the free ...
- "Hedwig of Żagań and of Legnica"
- (Glogau), Glogów, Poland
- before 1350
- March 27, 1390(Liegnitz), Legnica, Poland
Hedwig of Sagan (Polish: Jadwiga żagańska; before 1350 – 27 March 1390) was Queen of Poland as the fourth wife of Casimir III. Casimir's lack of male heir spelled the end of the Piast Dynasty in the Kingdom of Poland. After Casimir's death in 1370, she remarried Rupert I of Legnica.
Hedwig of Silesia (Polish: Święta Jadwiga Śląska), also Hedwig of Andechs (German: Heilige Hedwig von Andechs, Latin: Hedvigis; 1174 – 15 October 1243), a member of the Bavarian comital House of Andechs, was Duchess of Silesia from 1201 and of Greater Poland from 1231 as well as High Duchess consort of Poland from 1232 until 1238.
Biography. She was daughter of King Casimir III of Poland (1309–1370), who was succeeded, not by Anna nor any of Casimir's own descendants, but by Casimir's nephew, King Louis I of Hungary. Anna's mother was Casimir's fourth wife Hedwig of Sagan (d. 1390). Anna's elder half-sisters were already dead though one of them had left children.
