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Hedwig of Sagan (before 1350 - 27 March 1390) was a daughter of Henry V of Iron and his wife Anna daughter of Duke Wenceslaus of Pock. She is also known as Jadwiga. She was the fourth wife of Casimir III the Great and wife of Rupert I of Legnica.
Hedwig, Saint, Duchess of Silesia, b. about 1174, at the castle of Andechs; d. at Trebnitz, 12 or October 15, 1243. She was one of eight children born to Berthold IV, Count of Andechs and Duke of Croatia and Dalmatia. Of her four brothers, two became bishops, Ekbert of Bamberg, and Berthold of Aquileia; Otto succeeded his father as Duke of ...
Apr 27, 2019 · Hedwig (Jadwiga) Żagańska formerly Glogau Sagan aka von Glogau. Born 1348 [location unknown] Ancestors. Daughter of Heinrich (Piast) Żagański and Anna (Piast) Płocka. Sister of Heinrich (Piast) Żagański, Heinrich (Piast) Głogowski, Anna (Piast) Żagańska and Heinrich (Piast) Głogowski.
Apr 5, 2024 · Carl Sagan (born November 9, 1934, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.—died December 20, 1996, Seattle, Washington) was an American astronomer and science writer. A popular and influential figure in the United States, he was controversial in scientific, political, and religious circles for his views on extraterrestrial intelligence, nuclear weapons, and ...
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.
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.
