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On June 8, we mark the Feast Day of Saint Jadwiga, Queen of Poland. She was born October 3, 1373, in Buda, Kingdom of Hungary and died July 17, 1399, at Wawel Castle in Kraków. Jadwiga was the first female monarch of the Kingdom of Poland—interestingly enough, crowned as King of Poland (in regem Polonie coronata)—at age 10.
Jadwiga Andegaweńska' (1374 – 1399) became the King of Poland on 16 October 1384 at the age of eleven. She was crowned as a king, not queen. Her royal title was: Hedvigis Dei Gracia Rex Poloniae, necnon terrarum Cracoviae, Sandomiriae, Syradiae, Lanciciae, Cuyaviae, Pomeraniaeque domina et heres, (Jadwiga the grace of God, the Polish king ...
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.
Jan 29, 2017 · This thesis of Queen Jadwiga’s personality and life in the light of documents and legends is the first attempt in the historiography of the Jagiellonian period. It is a new contribution to the study of the history of Poland in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.
Aug 25, 2023 · Media in category "Jadwiga of Poland in paintings". The following 37 files are in this category, out of 37 total. Kraków Founders of Jagiellonian University.jpg 3,397 × 2,447; 6.35 MB. Tricius Queen Jadwiga.jpg 1,728 × 3,231; 3.55 MB. Aleksander Lesser - Jadwiga przypatrująca się wjazdowi Jagiełły na zamek krakowski.jpg 2,500 × 3,064; 2 ...
Jadwiga, Poland's Great Queen (New York: 1931); Monica M. Gardner, Queen Jadwiga of Poland (London: 1934). The most recent study is the posthumous work by Oscar Halecki, Jadwiga of Anjou and the Rise of East Central Europe, edited with a Foreword by Thaddeus V. Gromada, (Highland Lakes, New Jersey: 1991); for an
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.
