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Polish lords who were opposed to a foreign monarch regarded the members of the Piast dynasty as possible candidates to the Polish throne. [30] [24] Queen Elizabeth's uncle Władysław the White had already attempted to seize Poland during Louis's reign. [31] However, he had taken monastic vows and settled in a Benedictine abbey in Dijon in ...
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]
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 ...
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.
Marie Louise Gonzaga was born on 18 August 1611 in the town of Nevers, France to Charles I, Duke of Mantua, and Catherine of Guise. [1] Marie Louise was supposed to marry Gaston, Duke of Orléans in 1627, but King Louis XIII of France strongly opposed the marriage and subsequently imprisoned her in the Château de Vincennes and later in a small convent.
The Queen's Crown (Polish: "korona królowych" or "korona Jadwigi kaliskiej") was a part of the Polish Crown Jewels until it was destroyed in 1809. [1] It was mentioned for the first time in the inventory of the Wawel Royal Treasury in the 15th century.
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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 ...