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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.
The ratification of the Treaty of Lisbon was officially completed by all member states of the European Union on 13 November 2009 when the Czech Republic deposited its instrument of ratification with the Italian government. [2] The Lisbon Treaty came into force on the first day of the month following the deposition [3] [4] of the last instrument ...
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The acts were signed after six days of negotiations on an island in the mouth of the Dubysa River. [2] The treaty was never ratified and never came into effect. The civil war resumed in summer 1383.
She was the daughter of Louis Hungarian, King of Poland and Hungary). Jadwiga married a Lithuania Grand Duke, Jogaila (Władysław Jagiełło) on 18 February 1386. After her death during childbirth on 17 July 1399, her husband became the King Ladislaus II of Poland. [1]
By this Treaty of Krewo, he also promised to restore Poland's lost lands, to release all Polish prisoners of war, to defend a united Poland and Lithuania against the Teutonic Order, and to pay the forfeit of 200,000 florins to the Austrians. But most important, he promised to become a Christian and all his people with him.
Jogaila considered the plan strategically advantageous. The agreements were set forth in the Treaty of Krewo (1385). Elected king of Poland on Feb. 2, 1386, Jogaila was baptized as a Roman Catholic, taking the name Władysław II, on February 15, married Jadwiga on February 18, and was crowned king on March 4 in Cracow.
Aug 21, 2022 · The matter of Jadwiga’s marriage had been in question since her infancy. She had been officially betrothed to William in 1378, and she reportedly developed strong feelings for him. “One of the greatest trials that Jadwiga had to face very early,” writes historian Thaddeus V. Gromada, “was the necessity to give up any chances for ...
