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Anna of Masovia (c. 1270-after July 13, 1324) was a Princess of Masovia and was a member of the House of Piast. She was the daughter and only child of Konrad II of Masovia and Hedwig, daughter of Bolesław II the Bald. Between 1289 and 1290 Anna married Przemysław of Racibórz. Anna was Duchess of Racibórz along with her unnamed sister-in-law.
Born in Meissen, Hedwig was the youngest daughter of Frederick II, Elector of Saxony, and Margaret of Austria. In 1458, the chapter of the Quedlinburg Abbey elected the 12-year-old Hedwig as successor to Princess-Abbess Anna I, who had died aged 42. Pope Calixtus III confirmed the election but decreed that the Princess-Abbess should reign under ...
May 21, 2019 · Feast day October 16. Hedwig, the daughter of a 12th-century count, was educated in a monastery in Eastern Europe. At age 12, she married Henry I of Silesia, who was 18. In the 1200s, this was the usual age for marriage. The couple had seven children. Henry succeeded his father to the throne. Henry depended on Hedwig to help him rule.
Duke Ernest and Cimburgis of Masovia. Ernest has an important place in the history of the dynasty for two reasons: in 1414 Ernest first refers to himself as archduke in a document. He is thus the first member of the family to bear this title, which had been usurped by his uncle Rudolf IV. The Early Modern Habsburg rulers descend from Ernest and ...
This cemetery is named for St. Hedwig. This is information about her: Hedwig (c. 1174 - 1243) was also known as Jawiga, was the daughter of Count Berthold...
Margaret of Masovia Polish: Małgorzata (before 1358 – 14 May 1388/4 April 1396 [citation needed]) was Duchess of Pomerania and Brzeg, by her marriages to Casimir IV, Duke of Pomerania and then to Henry VII of Brzeg. She was a member of the House of Piast. Margaret was a daughter of Siemowit III of Masovia and his wife
Brief Life History of Cymburgis of. When Cymburgis of Masovia was born in 1394, in Warsaw, Masovia, Poland, her father, Siemowit IV Piast of Masovia, was 42 and her mother, Aleksandra Olgierdówna Giedyminowicz von Litauen, was 35. She married Herzog Ernst der Eiserne von Habsburg Österreich on 17 February 1412, in Kraków, Poland.
