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Jadwiga I of Poland

1370–1399 · Anjou

Queen of Poland. Born at Buda. Died at Kraków.

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Reigned

1384–1399

King of Poland

Crowned king, not queen

Jadwiga of Poland was crowned in Kraków in 1384, aged about ten, with the title king of Poland, a way of making clear she ruled in her own right. She later married the Lithuanian grand duke Jogaila.

Family

Father: Louis I of Hungary
Mother: Elizabeth of Bosnia
Married: Władysław II Jagiełło 1386
Siblings (2): Catherine of Hungary 1370
Mary I of Hungary 1371

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Jadwiga I of Poland was the 17× great-granddaughter of Charlemagne.
Jadwiga I of Poland was the third cousin 11 times removed of Victoria.
Jadwiga I of Poland was the third cousin 7 times removed of Louis XIV of France.