#hedwig of anjou

[thefreelancehistorywriter]

St Jadwiga of Anjou, the King of Poland – A guest post by Katarzyna Ogrodnik-Fujcik

Jadwiga as depicted by Jan Matejko. Imaginary portrait based on a series of drawings the artist made upon examining her resting place in 1187. The Freelance History Writer is pleased to welcome back Katarzyna Ogrodnik-Fujcik with an exclusive article on an exceptional woman from Polish medieval history. In January 1887, a group of scholars and artists explored the grave of Jadwiga [Hedwig] of…

[venicepearl]

Jadwiga (1373 or 1374 – 17 July 1399), also known as Hedwig, was the first woman to be crowned as monarch of the Kingdom of Poland. She reigned from 16 October 1384 until her death. She was the youngest daughter of Louis the Great, King of Hungary and Poland, and his wife, Elizabeth of Bosnia. Jadwiga was a member of the Capetian House of Anjou, but she had more close forebears among the Polish Piasts than among the Angevins.

In 1375, it was planned that when becoming old enough, she would marry William of Austria and she lived in Vienna from 1378 to 1380. Jadwiga's father is often thought to have regarded her and William as his favoured successors in Hungary after the 1378 death of her eldest sister, Catherine, since the following year the Polish nobility had pledged their homage to Louis' second daughter, Mary, and Mary's fiancé, Sigismund of Luxembourg. However, Louis died, and in 1382, at her mother's insistence, Mary was crowned "King of Hungary". Sigismund of Luxembourg tried to take control of Poland, but the Polish nobility countered that they would be obedient to a daughter of King Louis only if she settled in Poland.

Queen Elizabeth then chose Jadwiga to reign in Poland, but did not send her to Kraków to be crowned. During the interregnum, Siemowit IV, Duke of Masovia, became a candidate for the Polish throne. The nobility of Greater Poland favored him and proposed that he marry Jadwiga. However, Lesser Poland's nobility opposed him, and they persuaded Queen Elizabeth to send Jadwiga to Poland.

Jadwiga was crowned king in Poland's capital, Kraków, on 16 October 1384. Her coronation either reflected the Polish nobility's opposition to her intended husband, William, becoming king without further negotiation, or simply, emphasized her status as the monarch. With her mother's consent, Jadwiga's advisors opened negotiations with Jogaila, Grand Duke of Lithuania, who was still a pagan, concerning his potential marriage to Jadwiga. Jogaila signed the Union of Krewo, pledging to convert to Catholicism and to promote conversion of his pagan subjects. Meanwhile, William hastened to Kraków, hoping to marry his childhood fiancé, Jadwiga, but in late August 1385 the Polish nobles expelled him.

Jogaila, who took the Catholic baptismal name Władysław, married Jadwiga on 15 February 1386. Legend says that she had agreed to marry him only after lengthy prayer, seeking divine inspiration. Jogaila, now styled in Polish as, Władysław Jagiełło, was crowned King of Poland on 4 March 1386 as Jadwiga's co-ruler. Jogaila worked closely with his wife in that role. In any case, her real political power was limited.

She remained passive when the rebellious nobles of the Kingdom of Hungary-Croatia murdered her mother in early 1387. After that, Jadwiga marched into the Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia, which had been under Hungarian rule, and persuaded most of the inhabitants to become subjects of the Polish Crown. She mediated between her husband's quarreling kin and between Poland and the Teutonic Order.

After her sister Mary died in 1395, Jadwiga and Jogaila laid claim to Hungary against the widowed Sigismund of Luxembourg, but the Hungarian lords did not support their claim and Sigismund easily retained his Hungarian throne. Jadwiga died four years later due to postpartum complications.

In 1997, Jadwiga was canonized by the Catholic Church.

[catholic-saint-tournament]

Hey, just wanted to report a minor problem with the Thomas More/Hedwig of Anjou poll, as the page linked is about Hedwig of Silesia instead! This was a thing to expect, since there's two Hedwigs and they didn't live that many years apart from each other, also I can't find much Catholic pages about this one, but here's that one:

yup, fixed it as best as I could!

[bookcalanthedaily]

Here are some parallels between Calanthe and Queen Jadwiga of Anjou, the only female King of Poland, Poland's patron saint and the Mother of Poland.

Jadwiga:

“Men made her life hell. Today no one remembers that in her youth she was called a prostitute, a harlot, an adulteress.”

Calanthe:

“At first, Lioness Calanthe did not want to marry at all, later however, when she agreed to marriage of convenience after many persuasions, it turned out there were not many volunteers. Too many gossips were spread of the princess - later queen - of Cintra. They spoke of incestuous relationships in the family, they spoke of “hot blood”, of numerous romances and adventures. They spoke even of a perverse relationship of Calanthe with her cousin, Queen Meve of Lyria. All of this caused many princes and kings to politely refuse, when they were proposed a union.”

Jadwiga:

“Jadwiga stood in front line in a battle. She saddled a horse and led her soldiers to battle aged fourteen. She won the battle and therefore returned the territory to her homeland after it was successfully taken by Hungary. Supposedly the Queen was known for her explosive temperament. She couldn’t stand idly by when her people were being raided.”

Calanthe:

‘Hochebuz,’ said Calante, looking at Geralt, ‘my first battle. Although I fear rousing the indignation and contempt of such a proud witcher, I confess that we were fighting for money. Our enemy was burning villages which paid us levies and we, greedy for our tributes, challenged them on the field.

Jadwiga:

“Jadwiga could not only command an army. She was a skilled politician. She refused to be pushed away from power and give it up to her husband - she herself actively participated in politics.”

“Therefore, Jadwiga was not only known for the love and devotion of her subjects, who believed her to be a saint even in life. Together with her husband she built the Kingdom’s power.”

Calanthe:

‘She chose the third option and she ruled the country … but at Roegner’s side. Naturally, she didn’t allow herself to be subjugated or bundled off to join the womenfolk. She was the Lioness of Cintra. But it was Roegner who was the formal ruler – though none ever called him “the Lion”.’

Jadwiga took the throne of poland at a young age, much like Calanthe (twelve and fourteen years old respectively). Their first battles also happened when they were approximately the same age (Calanthe - 15, Jadwiga - 16).

There is a story about Jadwiga hearing a man crying out for his sick wife and begging for a single golden penny, to which she took a golden and jeweled pin that was worth a fortune off of her shoe and gave him that instead, which is similar to Geralt asking Calanthe for her sash and receiving an emerald necklace with stones the smallest of which were the size of a bumblebee in Question of Price.

Jadwiga was known as the spiritual mother of the poor, weak and ill of poland, and one of Calanthe’s titles is mother Calanthe. Similarly, Jadwiga would sometimes be called the Highest Queen, just like Calanthe was (Ard Rhena).

Jadwiga, like Calanthe also had only one, beloved daughter, who dies before her and whose death devastated her. Unlike Calanthe, however, the child's death was believed to be one of the causes for Jadwiga's early death.

All of these parallels (there are more but I'm lazy) bring me to a conclusion that even if the books version of Calanthe is not directly based on Jadwiga, then at least Sapkowski took a lot of inspiration in her when creating the character of Calanthe. And it only puts more weight on the significance of Calanthe, of her death, of how much Cintrian people loved their Queen. And makes the difference between her book version and Netflix version even more obvious and outrageous.

[mihrunnisasultans]

𝕋𝕎𝕆 𝕊𝕀𝕊𝕋𝔼ℝ𝕊, 𝕊𝔸𝕄𝔼 𝔻𝔼𝕊𝕋𝕀ℕ𝕐

“So the younger daughter Jadwiga, aged nine, was crowned queen in Krakow in 1384 (...) The young queen Jadwiga was then urged to break her engagement to William of Habsburg and to marry instead Jagiello, the ruler of neighboring Lithuania. He was elected king of Poland in absentia, on the condition that he take up residence in Poland. Four years after Jadwiga's coronation, Wladyslaw-Jagiello was crowned king in Krakow, and the couple governed the country together until Jadwiga's early death in 1399 or 1400. Since no children had survived, the king's legitimacy was contestable, but he remained on the throne after marrying Anne of Cilly, one of the closest relatives of the former reigning house. A very similar case was that of Jadwiga's elder sister Maria of Hungary. Six days after the death of her father Louis the Great, the twelve-year-old girl was crowned at Szekesfehervar by the archbishop of Esztergom as if she were a king, not by the bishop of Veszprem as if a queen-consort. The queen-mother, Elisabeth of Bosnia, was her guardian.(...) Three years later Maria was married at fifteen to Sigismund of Luxembourg-Bohemia, who received only the title "regni Hungarie tutor," not "rex," nor was he crowned in 1385. Maria ceded to Sigismund the i.w regni el diadema, though this did not mean that she totally resigned the queenship. Since documents were issued in both their names, she was still regarded as the reigning queen while Sigismund was co-regent and commander-in-chief of the army The marriage was without issue, and after Maria's death in 1392 (or 1395) Sigismund's title to the throne was contested by 32 nobles. Sigismund condemned them to death; they were publicly beheaded in Ofen. He then legitimized his kingship by marrying Barbara of Cilly, one of the nearest relatives of the old Hungarian kings. The parallels between the queenships of Maria of Hungary and her sister Jadwiga of Poland are obvious. In both cases the queens died without surviving issue, and their husbands remained in power by marrying other cognates, i.e., relatives through female lines, of the old dynasty”. - Armin Wolf, "Reigning Queens in Medieval Europe: When, Where, and Why". In Parsons, John Carmi (ed.). Medieval Queenship.

Happy Birthday Leila! @0girlhasnoname0

[dailyhistoryposts]

On This Day In History

September 17th, 1382: Maria (Mary) of Anjou is crowned king of Hungary. her younger sister, Jadwiga (Hedwig) of Anjou would be crowned king of Poland two years later.

[beardedmrbean]

In regards to "The woman queen" I don't think most people realize that Queen=ruler of country and that women married to Kings aren't actually queens, they are Queen-Consorts. The same way that men married to Queens aren't actually Princes they are Prince-consorts. So they think they need to give women a female equivalent to king, not understanding that there already is one.

Yes and no, it depends upon where and when.

Contrary to what the historically illiterate people on the internet will say, odds are Liz Taylor is close enough on skin tone.

She also held the title of Pharaoh, as did several other women named Cleopatra they never tell you there was a bunch of them, also several other women who had that title iirc.

Then 13-14 centuries later we have (not in the mood to edit out all the wiki markings right now so deal)

Jadwiga (Polish: jaˈdvʲiɡa; 1373 or 1374 – 17 July 1399), also known as Hedwig (Hungarian: Hedvig), was the first female monarch of the Kingdom of Poland, reigning from 16 October 1384 until her death. She was the youngest daughter of Louis the Great, King of Hungary and Poland, and his wife Elizabeth of Bosnia. Jadwiga was a member of the Capetian House of Anjou, but she had more close forebears among the Polish Piasts than among the Angevins. In 1997, she was canonized by the Catholic Church.

Jadwiga was crowned king in Poland's capital, Kraków, on 16 October 1384.

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They needed a king, the fiddly bits between the legs were irrelevant

Current year and even likely back when that was going on and the Dahomey were going round grabbing captives to sell into slavery, or use for human sacrifice queen worked for that whole thing.

Look at Liz #1

Elizabeth I (7 September 1533 – 24 March 1603) was Queen of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death in 1603.

Lot of semantics I think, regional stuff, people making it more complicated than it needs to be.

That last one is about me.

Suppose in the end it doesn't matter how she's addressed only that she was part of a civilization that became powerful and wealthy by selling their neighbors into slavery.

[king-lafayette]

Jadwiga of Poland by Jan Matejko

Jadwiga, also known as Hedwig (1373/4 – 17 July 1399), was the first female monarch of the Kingdom of Poland, reigning from 16 October 1384 until her death. She was the youngest daughter of Louis the Great, King of Hungary and Poland, and his wife Elizabeth of Bosnia. Jadwiga was a member of the Capetian House of Anjou, but she had more close forebears among the Polish Piasts. In 1997 she was canonized by the Roman Catholic Church.

part 4

[nanshe-of-nina]

Hi, sorry to disturb you. I really like your capetian princesses aesthetic but I was wondering why lead you to leave some princess out? At first I thought it was just the one who died in infancy (or before starting their "own life") but then I noticed Yolande of France (Charles VII and Marie of Anjou's daughter) was missing so was her sister Jeanne of France... How do you choose the princesses you make aesthetic of? (sorry if this sound agressive it is not intended to)

Yolande and Jehanne aren't the only daughters of Charles VII missing. Radegonde and Catherine, comtesse de Charloias are, too. I originally intended to do all of the Capetian princesses who lived past childhood (with the exception of poor Marie Élisabeth - more of is known of her than most), but then realized what a daunting project that would be, so I started cutting out those about whom little is known beyond basic genealogical facts.

Jehanne, duchesse de Bourbon didn't make the cut because I haven't be able to find much information on her; Radegonde and Catherine, comtesse de Charloias because they died as teenagers; and Yolande because I stupidly skipped over her while browsing the wikipedia list of Charles VII's children. Other princesses omitted (all because of lack of information) were:

Hugues Capet — Gisèle, comtesse de Ponthieu and Hedwige, comtesse de Mons.

Robert II — Avoye, comtesse d'Auxerre and Constance, comtesse de Dammartin.

Philippe II — Marie, Hertogin van Brabant.

Louis IX — Marguerite, Hertogin van Brabant.

Philippe III — Blanche, Herzogin von Österreich.

Philippe V — Jehanne III, comtesse de Bourgogne; Isabelle, dauphine de Viennois; and Blanche, nun.

Charles IV — Blanche, duchesse d'Orléans.

Philippe VI — Jehanne, bethrothed to the future king of Aragon

Charles V — Catherine, comtesse de Montpensier.  

[frenchladiesdaily]

Who’s who → Capetian Consorts [4/52] ↳ Constance of Provence (c.986-1032), queen consort from 1001 to 1031

Daughter of Guillaume I, Count of Provence, and his second wife Adélaïde of Anjou, she was married to King Robert II in 1001, but the marriage was notably unhappy and the relationship between the spouses difficult. Despite giving birth to six children (Alix or Hedwige, Countess of Auxerres and Nevers by marriage, Hugh, crowned co-King alongside his father until his death in 1025, Henri later Henri I, Adela, Countess of Contenance, Duchess of Normandy and Countess of Flanders by marriages, Robert, Duke of Burgundy, and Odo/Eudes), she was reputed to be cruel and short-tempered, agressive and manipulative, although her bad reputation came in no small part from her southern kinfolk and customs. She met with the strong opposition of the family of the former queen, Bertha of Burgundy, and by 1010, Robert made no mystery about his will to repudiate her to marry Bertha again, but the annulment never took place and Constance remained queen consort. She outlived her husband for a year, and notably favoured her third son Odo, causing him to rebel against his brothers. She died a year after her husband, between 22 and 25 July 1032, at the Château de Melun, and was buried beside her husband at the Saint-Denis Basilica. She’s equally referred as Constance of Arles.

[friedaauferdenlove]

Geschichtskalender - §16 Oktober (vor 634 Jahren)

Geschichtskalender – §16 Oktober (vor 634 Jahren)

16 Oktober (vor 634 Jahren): Die elfjährige Hedwig von Anjou wird zur Königin von Polen gekrönt. (Geschichtskalender https://goo.gl/TDME3p )

Ein wenig Bildung am Dienstag

[venicepearl]

Queen Jadwiga's Oath, by Józef Simmler, 1867

Jadwiga ([jadˈvʲiɡa]), also known as Hedwig (Hungarian: Hedvig; 1373/4 – 17 July 1399), was the first female monarch of the Kingdom of Poland, reigning from 16 October 1384 until her death. She was the youngest daughter of Louis the Great, King of Hungary and Poland, and his wife Elizabeth of Bosnia. Jadwiga was a member of the Capetian House of Anjou, but she had more close forebears among the Polish Piasts. In 1997 she was canonized by the Roman Catholic Church.

[venicepearl]

Queen Jadwiga's Oath, by Józef Simmler, 1867

Jadwiga of Poland (1373 or 1374 – 17 July 1399), also known as Hedwig, was the first female monarch of the Kingdom of Poland, reigning from 16 October 1384 until her death. She was the youngest daughter of Louis the Great, King of Hungary and Poland, and his wife Elizabeth of Bosnia. Jadwiga was a member of the Capetian House of Anjou, but she had more close forebears among the Polish Piasts. In 1997 she was canonized by the Catholic Church.