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Jadwiga, also known as Hedwig, was the first female monarch of the Kingdom of Poland, reigning 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.

Family tree of Polish monarchs From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia ... Przemysł I of Greater Poland 1221–1257: ... Jadwiga of Poland

70 years of the Greater Poland Uprising(1918-9); two men with rifles 2,513,000 1988 500 złotych 32 16.5 silver(75% alloy) Coat of arms, year of minting; inscription: "Polska Rzeczpospolita Ludowa"; denomination Queen Jadwiga: 8,000 1988 500 złotych 32 16.5 silver(75% alloy)

Media in category "Gmina Osieczna, Greater Poland Voivodeship" The following 7 files are in this category, out of 7 total. Leszno Osieczna trail.JPG 2,048 × 1,360; 930 KB

Solidarity (Polish: Solidarność, pronounced [sɔlʲiˈdarnɔɕtɕ] (); full name: Independent Self-governing Free Trade Union "Solidarity"—Niezależny Samorządny Związek Zawodowy "Solidarność" [ɲezaˈlɛʐnɨ samɔˈʐɔndnɨ ˈzvjɔ̃zɛk zavɔˈdɔvɨ sɔlʲiˈdarnɔɕtɕ]) is a trade union founded in August 1980 at the Lenin Shipyard in Gdańsk, Poland.

In 1386, he converted Lithuania to Christianity, was baptized as Władysław, married the young queen regnant Jadwiga of Poland, and was crowned Poland's king as Władysław Jagiełło. His own reign in Poland started in 1399, upon death of Queen Jadwiga, and lasted a further thirty-five years and laid the foundation for the centuries-long ...

Royal elections in Poland (wolna elekcja, lit. free election) was the election of individual kings, rather than of dynasties, to the Polish throne. He was the father of Bolesław I the Brave (the first crowned king of Poland) and of Gunhild of Wenden. Poland's first historically documented ruler, Mieszko I, accepted Christianity under the auspices of the Latin Church with the Baptism of Poland ...

During the latter period a tradition of free election of monarchs made it a uniquely electable position in Europe (16th-18th centuries). Polish independence ended with the Third Partition of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (1795) and was restored at the end of World War I (1918) on a republican basis.