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Kinga's sisters were Margaret of Hungary and Jolenta of Poland. She reluctantly married Bolesław V ("the Chaste") and became princess when her husband ascended the throne as High Duke of Poland. [5] Despite the marriage, the devout couple took up a vow of chastity.
A legend about Princess Kinga of Poland, associated with the Wieliczka mine, tells of a Hungarian princess about to be married to Bolesław V the Chaste, the Prince of Kraków. As part of her dowry, she asked her father, Béla IV of Hungary, for a lump of salt, since salt was prizeworthy in
Following the Napoleonic Wars, many sovereigns claimed the title of Polish king, duke or ruler, notably German (the King of Prussia was also the sovereign of the Grand Duchy of Posen 1815-1918), Russian (the Congress Kingdom of Poland was founded in 1815 with the widely unrecognized title of King of Poland to the Emperor of Russia until 1915 ...
The title "Princess of Poland" was never used. King’s daughter or royal daughter was called królewna. Princesses, in Polish księżniczka, ksiėżna were mainly used in Princely and ducal families of Poland. However, legitimate daughters of the kings and royals of Poland are also referred to and translates as Polish princesses in English ...
Some believe that she married the King of Poland in 1783, but their marriage was morganatic, so she wasn't Queen of Poland. However, there is no known reason for the marriage to have been morganatic, as Poniatowski's Pacta conventa required him to marry a Polish noblewoman, a requirement she satisfied, and there is no evidence that the marriage ...
St. Kinga of Poland (1234–1292), Patroness of Poland and Lithuania; Kunigunde of Poland (c. 1298 – 1331), daughter of King Wladyslaw I the Elbow-High of Poland; Cunigunde of Poland (died 1357), wife of Louis VI the Roman, Duke of Bavaria and Margrave of Brandenburg; Kunigunde von Orlamünde (1303–1382), consort of Otto VI, Count of Weimar ...
In 1239, after Princess Kinga of Poland was engaged to Bolesław V the Chaste in Wojnicz, the settlement was granted town rights, although no documents are extant to confirm this. It was first recorded as a town, with a defensive wall in 1278. In 1379, the town was badly affected by a fire.
Yolanda of Poland or Yolanda of Hungary, also Blessed Yolanda (Jolanta in Polish; Jolán in Hungarian; also known as Helen; 1235 – 11 June 1298) was the daughter of King Béla IV of Hungary [1] and Maria Laskarina. [2] She was the sister of Margaret of Hungary and Kinga of Poland (Cunegunda).