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Jadwiga was venerated in Poland soon after her death. [169] Stanisław of Skarbimierz states that she had been "the most Christian queen" in his sermon composed for her funeral. [ 169 ] Paul of Zator referred to the wax figures placed by her grave. [ 169 ]
Jadwiga of Kalisz (Polish: Jadwiga kaliska (Bolesławówna); c. 1266 – 10 December 1339) [1] 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 and Saint Yolanda of Hungary. [2]
Anna of Celje was a granddaughter of King Casimir III of Poland and therefore a Piast heiress. Thanks to his marriage to her in 1402, Jagiello re-legitimized his rule as King of Poland after the death of his first wife, Hedwig (Jadwiga), who reigned as King (not Queen consort) of Poland. Jagiello's and Anna's only daughter, born in 1408, was ...
Hedwig Jagiellon (Polish: Jadwiga Jagiellonka; Lithuanian: Jadvyga Jogailaitė, German: Hedwig Jagiellonica; 21 September 1457 – 18 February 1502), baptized as Hedwigis, was a Polish princess and member of the Jagiellonian dynasty. She was Duchess of Bavaria by marriage to George, Duke of Bavaria.
Coronation as Queen Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse; Oda of Meissen: Eckard I, Margrave of Meissen (Ekkehardiner) ca. 996 3 February 1018 18 April 1025 in Gniezno Cathedral: aft. 1025 Bolesław I: Jadwiga of Poland: Louis of Hungary (House of Anjou) 1373 or 1374 17 July 1399 16 October 1384 in Wawel Cathedral Krakow aft. 1399 Władysław I ...
Hedwig of Sagan (Polish: Jadwiga żagańska; before 1350 – 27 March 1390) was Queen of Poland as the fourth wife of Casimir III. Casimir's lack of male heir spelled the end of the Piast dynasty in the Kingdom of Poland. [1] After Casimir's death in 1370, she remarried Rupert I of Legnica.
The death certificate lists the Queen’s full name – Elizabeth Alexander Mary Windsor – occupation, “Her Majesty the Queen”, date of birth, April 21 1926, and her marital status as widowed.
Jogaila, later Ladislaus II Jagiełło (c. 1352/1362 – 1 June 1434) was Grand Duke of Lithuania (1377–1434), King of Poland (1386–1399) alongside his wife Jadwiga, and then sole King of Poland. In 1385 the Union of Krewo was signed between Queen Hedwig of Poland and Jogaila, the Grand Duke of Lithuania, the last pagan state in Europe