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If by then, Jadwiga had reached twelve years, the minimum age prescribed by canon law for girls to marry, [7] she must have been born before 18 February 1374. [6]
Dec 18, 2023 · by Allison Hinrichs. 0140. From tragic beginnings Poland’s King Jadwiga founded a centuries-long union between Lithuania and Poland. The Girl King. Jadwiga, also known as Hedwig, ascended the throne at the age of 10 after the death of her father, Louis the Great, who was also the king to both Hungary and Poland.
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Jadwiga (born 1373/74—died July 17, 1399, Kraków, Poland; canonized June 8, 1997; feast day February 28) was the queen of Poland (1384–99) whose marriage to Jogaila, grand duke of Lithuania ( Władysław II Jagiełło of Poland), founded the centuries-long union of Lithuania and Poland.
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However, when Jadwiga ascended to the Polish throne, the Polish lords already had other plans, and they were connected with Lithuania and its Grand Duke Jogaila, which was realised in the Union of Krewo (1385).
Queen of Poland whose reign is seen as the beginning of the golden age in Poland's history and whose policies and foundations continued to bear fruit after her death. Name variations: Hedwig, Hedwiga, Hedvigis; Jadwiga of Anjou. Born in Hungary on February 18, 1374; died in Poland from complications of childbirth three days after the death of ...
Women Historical Personalities. Childhood & Early Life. Jadwiga was born between October 3, 1373, and February 18, 1374 in Buda, Hungary.
May 14, 2018 · When the Polish lords rejected the candidacy of Jadwiga's elder sister, Maria, for the Polish crown (because she had ascended the Hungarian throne in 1382), Elizabeth decided that Jadwiga would be queen of Poland. Jadwiga arrived in Poland in 1384 and was crowned on 16 October of that same year.
