Search results
Henry II the Pious (Polish: Henryk II Pobożny; 1196 – 9 April 1241) was Duke of Silesia and High Duke of Poland as well as Duke of South-Greater Poland from 1238 until his death. Between 1238 and 1239 he also served as regent of Sandomierz and Opole–Racibórz. He was the son of Henry the Bearded and a member of the Silesian Piast dynasty.
Hedwig was married to Henry the Bearded, Duke of Silesia - a territory that straddles the Polish, German and Czech borders. Henry and Hedwig had seven children, including the deliciously...
Oct 16, 2019 · And her husband's name was "Henry the Bearded." St. Hedwig, whose feast is Oct. 16, lived in the 13th century and received a good education in her youth at a convent in Bavaria. She is...
Henry the Bearded (Polish: Henryk (Jędrzych) Brodaty, German: Heinrich der Bärtige; c. 1165/70 – 19 March 1238) was a Polish duke from the Piast dynasty. He was Duke of Silesia at Wrocław from 1201, Duke of Kraków and High Duke of all Poland – internally divided – from 1232 until his death.
wife of the Silesian Duke, Henry the Bearded, and mother of Henry the Pious. She was famous for her ascetic piety and was canonized in 1267. The devotion to the cult of St. Jadwiga was strong in Buda and must have been a strong example to the young Jadwiga. Before coming to Poland at the age of ten, Jadwiga lived at the highly
Few regions of Central Europe were as profoundly affected by the transformations of the 13th century as Silesia, especially during the reign of Duke Henry the Bearded (r. 1201–38) and his wife, Hedwig of Andechs (d. 1243). Henry the Bearded attracted settlers in the countryside and in the towns.
The condition was that the official founder and patron of the abbey would be the son and successor of Henry the Bearded, Henry I, thanks to which monasery had a chance for rapid development under the protection of the Silesian branch of the Piast dynasty.
