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Jadwiga (Polish: ⓘ; 1373 or 1374 – 17 July 1399), also known as Hedwig (from German) and in Hungarian: Hedvig, was the first woman to be crowned as monarch of the Kingdom of Poland. She reigned from 16 October 1384 until her death.
J. Długoborska (sitting) with her sister Wanda Wujcik, 1935 Committee for Child Nutrition (top row, center: Jadwiga Długoborska). Jadwiga Długoborska (née Wagner; 27 July 1899 – 29 June 1944) was a Polish teacher, social and charity worker, and member of the underground Polish independence movement during the World War II, persecuted and murdered for lending aid to Jews.
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]
The Monument to Jadwiga and Jagiełło – a Gothic monument in Kraków, in the northern part of Planty at Basztowa Street, commemorating the 500th anniversary of the Polish-Lithuanian union. Founded by Tomasz Oskar Sosnowski, it depicts Queen Jadwiga of Poland and Władysław Jagiełło at the moment of their nuptials.
Hedwig Jagiellon (Polish: Jadwiga Jagiellonka; Lithuanian: Jadvyga Jogailaitė; 8 April 1408 – 8 December 1431) was a Polish and Lithuanian princess, and a member of the Jagiellon dynasty. For most of her life she, as the only child of Władysław II Jagiełło (Jogaila, Jagiello), was considered to be heiress of the Polish and Lithuanian ...
Dymitr of Goraj and Jadwiga of Poland, painting by Jan Matejko Dymitr of Goraj and Jadwiga, painting by Wojciech Gerson. Dymitr of Goraj (Polish: Dymitr z Goraja) (c.1340–1400) of Clan Korczak was a Crown Grand Marshal from 1390 and Court Treasurer in the years 1364–1370 and 1377–1391.
His own reign in Poland started in 1399, upon the death of Queen Jadwiga, lasted a further thirty-five years, and laid the foundation for the centuries-long Polish–Lithuanian union. He was a member of the Jagiellonian dynasty in Poland that bears his name and was previously also known as the Gediminid dynasty in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
Document, signed in Kreva on 14 August 1385. In a strict sense, the Union of Krewo or Act of Krėva (also spelled Union of Krevo, Act of Kreva; Polish: unia w Krewie; Lithuanian: Krėvos sutartis) comprised a set of prenuptial promises made at Kreva Castle on 14 August 1385 by Jogaila, Grand Duke of Lithuania, in regard to his prospective marriage to the underage reigning Queen Jadwiga of Poland.