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Mother. Yolanda of Hungary. Jadwiga of Kalisz ( Polish: Jadwiga kaliska ( Bolesławówna); 1266 – 10 December 1339) was a Queen of Poland by marriage to Ladislaus the Short. She was the mother of the last Piast King of Poland, Casimir III . She was the second of three daughters born to Bolesław the Pious [1] and Saint Yolanda of Hungary.
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jadwiga of Kalisz has received more than 46,559 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019) . Jadwiga of Kalisz is the 585th most popular nobleman (down from 547th in 2019) , the 478th most popular biography from Poland (up from 496th in 2019) and ...
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Mar 7, 2019 · Sources: (note: since there is not much available on Hedwig of Kalisz in English, the following are Polish web sources, and have been translated via Google Translate.) Janicki, Kamil: “Jadwiga Kaliska (-1339).” ciekawostkihistoryczne.pl. Pawlowska, Jagoda: “Jadwiga of Kalisz-Faithful wife of Wladyslaw Lokietek.” historia.org.pl
Jadwiga, also known as Hedwig, was the first woman 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. Jadwiga was a member of the Capetian House of Anjou, but she had more close forebears among the Polish Piasts than among the Angevins.
Jadwiga ( Polish: [jadˈviɡa] ⓘ; 1373 or 1374 – 17 July 1399), also known as Hedwig ( Hungarian: Hedvig ), was the first woman 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.
- 16 October 1384 – 17 July 1399
- Elizabeth of Bosnia
Dec 18, 2023 · Wikipedia. Ten-year-old Jadwiga returned to Poland and was crowned rex (“king”) on October 15, 1384. The reason she was crowned king instead of queen was made to reflect upon the Polish nobles’ enmity towards her prearranged husband, William of Austria. Her coronation emphasized Jadwiga’s status as the legitimate ruler of Poland.
Saint Jadwiga of Poland, often known as Hedwig, was a revered woman who served as the monarch of Poland from 1384 until her death in 1399. She holds the unique distinction of being the country's first female monarch and the only one to be canonized a saint by the Catholic Church. Jadwiga passed away on July 17, 1399.
