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Hedwig of Silesia (also Hedwig of Andechs (German: Heilige Hedwig von Andechs, Polish: Święta Jadwiga Śląska, Latin: Hedvigis; 1174 – 15 October 1243), a member of the Bavarian comital House of Andechs, was Duchess of Silesia from 1201 and of Greater Poland from 1231 as well as High Duchess consort of Poland from 1232 until 1238.
The Hedwig Codex, also known as the Codex of Lubin (Polish: Kodeks lubiński), [1] is a medieval illuminated manuscript from the mid-14th century. It comprises sixty-one colored drawings and inscriptions which tell the life of Saint Hedwig, High Duchess of Poland and Silesia, her family, and events related to her canonization in 1267.
She was born to a family famed for its religious zeal. [167] [157] She attended Mass every day. [8] Following her family's tradition, Jadwiga was especially devoted to the Blessed Virgin Mary. [168] An inscription engraved on her request on a precious chalice, which was placed in the Wawel Cathedral, asked Our Lady to place Poland under her ...
In 996 Hedwig married Reginar IV of Hainaut (947–1013). [2] Their children were: Reginar V, Count of Mons [3] Gisèle (998-1049), who married Wautier III d'Olhain; Lambert; Beatrix, who married Ebles I, Count of Rheims and Roucy [2] Ermentrude, died at the age of two or three; buried in the Collegiate Church of Saint Gertrude in Nivelles ...
The exact birthdate of Agnes is uncertain, but it is most likely between 1230 and 1236. [1] [2] [3] Births before 1230 are considered unlikely, as Agnes would have been mentioned in the Life of Saint Hedwig (written in 1300), [4] which describes her grandmother Hedwig of Silesia, who lived in the Trzebnica Abbey until her death in 1243.
Family tree of the Jagiellonian dynasty. ... Hedwig 1457–1502 Duchess of Bavaria-Landshut, 1475–1502: Saint Casimir 1458–1484: John I Albert 1459–1501
Hedwig of Bavaria four children 3 October 825 aged 49-50: Eponymous founder of the family. Conrad I the Elder: c. 800 Son of Welf I (a) and Hedwig of Bavaria: 3 October 825 – 864: County of Altdorf: Adelaide of Tours three children 864 aged 63-64: Welf I (b) c. 835 First son of Conrad I and Adelaide of Tours: 864 – 876: County of Altdorf ...
Hedwig was the third of five children born to Henry V of Iron and his wife Anna, daughter of Duke Wenceslaus of Płock. [citation needed] Her brothers were Henry VI the Elder, Henry VII Rumpold, Henry VIII the Sparrow, and her only sister was Anna, wife of Jan I of Racibórz.