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4 days ago · Union of Krewo. In a strict sense, the Union of Krewo or Act of Krėva (also Union of Krevo, Act of Kreva) was a set of prenuptial promises made in the Kreva Castle on 14 August 1385 by Jogaila, Grand Duke of Lithuania, in exchange for marriage to the underage reigning Queen Jadwiga of Poland. The act was very limited in scope and in the ...
5 days ago · Jadwiga of Poland c. 1373 –1399 King of Poland: Elizabeth of Luxembourg 1409–1442: Albert the Magnanimous 1397–1439 King of Bohemia r. 1437–1439 also King of Hungary and Croatia: Sophia of Halshany 1405–1461: Władysław II Jagiełło c. 1352 –1434 Grand Duke of Lithuania King of Poland: Anna of Cilli c. 1381 –1416: Frederick III ...
3 days ago · Sigismund III Vasa (Polish: Zygmunt III Waza, Lithuanian: Žygimantas Vaza; 20 June 1566 – 30 April 1632 N.S.) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1587 to 1632 and, as Sigismund, King of Sweden and Grand Duke of Finland from 1592 to 1599.
- 19 August 1587 – 30 April 1632
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9 hours ago · In the five years since the crisis came to light in the country, the church in Poland has taken up many reforms, including initiating the St. Joseph Foundation in 2019, which finances therapy and other needs of abuse survivors, and setting up the Office of Delegate of Child Protection of the Polish bishops' conference — for which Archbishop Wojciech Polak of Gniezno was reelected March 14.
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5 days ago · Ukraine. The Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, [a] also known as Austrian Galicia or colloquially Austrian Poland, was a constituent possession of the Habsburg monarchy in the historical region of Galicia in Eastern Europe. The crownland was established in 1772. The lands were annexed from the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth as part of the First ...
9 hours ago · Krakow, Poland — May 22, 2024. The president of the Polish bishops' conference, Archbishop Tadeusz Wojda of Gdansk, has been accused of alleged negligence in a sex abuse case. The report, filed ...