She is known in Polish as Jadwiga, in English and German as Hedwig, in Lithuanian as Jadvyga, in Hungarian as Hedvig, and in Latin as Hedvigis.

To this day, Jadwiga is always depicted wearing an apron of roses.

* 1384 – Jadwiga is crowned King of Poland, although she is a woman.

After two years of negotiations, Jadwiga is eventually crowned " King " in 1384.

* November 16 – Jadwiga is crowned " King " of Poland following the death of her father, King Louis, in 1382.

Most political responsibilities, however, fell to Jagiello, with Jadwiga attending to the cultural and charitable activities for which she is still revered.

Landshut is also known for a festival celebrated every four years called the Landshuter Hochzeit, commemorating the 1475 marriage of George of Bavaria and Jadwiga Jagiellon.

His birthplace however is not certain, sources mention Warsaw, Łódź and Geneva, Switzerland .. His mother was Jadwiga Anna Dorota née Dylewska.

Jadwiga (; diminutive Jadzia ) is a Polish feminine given name.

One of these is the Saint Jadwiga church, originally from the 14th century, but completely rebuilt in late 19th century.

It is unclear whether he succeeded in consummating the marriage, but biased Austrian sources continued to accuse Jadwiga of bigamy.

It is unknown who and when proposed Jogaila as the groom for Jadwiga.

The Jadwiga and Jogaila Chamber, in which the sword Szczerbiec, was used in coronation ceremonies, is exhibited today and is another remnant of this period.

* 1834 – Jadwiga Łuszczewska, Polish poet ( d. 1908 )

Jadwiga could claim descent from the House of Piast, the ancient native Polish dynasty on both her mother's and her father's side.

Jadwiga was well-educated and a polyglot, speaking at least six languages such as Latin, Bosnian, Hungarian, Serbian, Polish and German, interested in the arts, music, science, and court life.

Jadwiga died in 1431, reputedly poisoned by Sophia – Władysław's last wife, after a faction of Polish nobles supported Jadwiga against Sophia's sons.

File: Psałterz florianski1. jpg | Psalms of Queen Jadwiga in three languages ( Latin, Polish and German ).

He agreed to become a Catholic when offered the Polish crown and the child queen Jadwiga by leading Polish nobles, who were eager to take advantage of Lithuania's expansion.

* April 8 – Jadwiga of Lithuania, Polish princess ( d. 1431 )

His own reign in Poland started in 1399, upon death of Queen Jadwiga, and lasted a further thirty-five years and laid the foundation for the centuries-long Polish – Lithuanian union.

Jogaila chose therefore to accept a Polish proposal to become a Catholic and marry the eleven-year-old Queen Jadwiga of Poland.

The death in 1431 of Princess Jadwiga, the last heir of Piast blood, released Władysław to make his sons by Sophia of Halshany his heirs, though he had to sweeten the Polish nobles with concessions to ensure their agreement, since the monarchy was elective.

The Jagiellon dynasty had held the crown of the Polish – Lithuanian Commonwealth since the first Jagiellon ruler, Władysław II Jagiełło, had received it in 1386 through his wife Jadwiga Angevin.

The wedding of Duke George with the Polish Princess Royal Jadwiga Jagiellon in 1475 was celebrated in Landshut with one of the most splendid festivals of the Middle Ages ( called " Landshuter Hochzeit ").

He was the son of the doctors Teodoro Picado Marín and the Polish native Jadwiga Warnia Michalska Wodziwodzka, who met and married in Switzerland while they both were studying medicine.

After Louis ' death the Polish nobles ( the szlachta ) decided to end the personal union, since they didn't want to be governed from Hungary, and chose Louis ' younger daughter Jadwiga as their new ruler, while Hungary was inherited by his elder daughter Mary.

Since Louis had no son either, his daughter Jadwiga became the heir of the Polish monarchy.

Kaczyński was born in Warsaw, the son of Rajmund ( an engineer who served as a soldier of the Armia Krajowa in World War II and a veteran of the Warsaw Uprising ), and Jadwiga ( a philologist at the Polish Academy of Sciences ).

** Jadwiga Jagiellon ( disambiguation ), several Polish princesses of that name

His plan, however, failed and William was expelled from Poland while Jadwiga declared her sponsalia invalid.

One night, while Jadwiga was leaving by a secret door, Jagiello sprang out of the bushes and demanded to see what was in her apron.

Anna married Władysław, King of Poland and Lithuania, in 1402 after the death of Jadwiga of Poland, while Barbara married King Sigismund of Hungary ( years later also Holy Roman Emperor ) in 1405 after the death of Mary of Hungary.

der Reiche ( Amelia of Masovia ), Michael Žygimantaitis ( Katarzyna or Catherine of Masovia ), János Garai ( Jadwiga of Masovia ), while his grandson was Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor and his granddaughter was Dorothy Garai, Queen of Bosnia.

* The mother and sister of Queen Jadwiga of Poland are kidnapped by Jadwiga's brother-in-law.

The crown jewels used by the Saxon kings and some reminders of the Polish monarchs ( like a cup of Queen Jadwiga so-called roztruchan, or magnificent scale armour, so-called karacena, of King Jan III Sobieski appropriated by Frederick Augustus I, Elector of Saxony ) are today displayed in the Grünes Gewölbe and the Rüstkammer in Dresden, Germany.

Władysław II Jagiello and Queen Jadwiga reigned as co-monarchs ; and though Jadwiga probably had little real power, she took an active part in Poland's political and cultural life.

On 22 June 1399, Jadwiga gave birth to a daughter, baptised Elizabeth Bonifacia ; but within a month the mother and daughter died, leaving Władysław sole ruler of the Kingdom of Poland and without an heir nor much legitimacy to rule the kingdom.

von Jadwiga Karwasińska, Monumenta Poloniae historica, Seria nova 4 / 2, Warschau 1969 ;

During 1790-1791 he accompanied Zamoyski's family on a trip abroad, and continued to serve as an adviser to the family, although his relations with the sons ( Aleksander August Zamoyski, Stanisław Kostka Zamoyski ) had become strained ; he would eventually align himself with the daughter of the family, Anna Zamoyska ( Anna Jadwiga Sapieżyna ).

* a confederation in Radom, formed by magnates, nobility and town, in support of Queen Jadwiga ;

Piłsudski did not attend the funeral ; two months later he married Aleksandra, by whom he had had a daughter, Wanda, in 1918, and a second daughter, Jadwiga, in 1920.

Władysław Jagiełło was elected as king, marrying Louis I daughter, Jadwiga of Poland, but without any promise that his dynasty would be retained ; he would need to issue more privileges to the nobility to secure the guarantee that upon his death, one of his sons would inherit the throne.

He was married four times: to Elżbieta Radziwiłł from about 1559 ; to Hanna Zasławska from 1565 to 1568 ; to Anna Maciejowska ( no exact dates ); and to Jadwiga Tarło from 1574 or 1575.

Kasprowicz had married Jadwiga, his second wife, in 1893 ; his first marriage to Teodozja Szymańska in 1886 had ended in divorce after a few months.

Other well known monuments include: the monument commemorating the poet Józef Bohdan Zaleski at Basztowa Street, showing harpist with a guide boy, made in 1886 by Pius Welonski ; the Monument of Jagiello and Jadwiga at Planty Park, made by Tomas Oscar Sosnowski and raised in 1886 in celebration of the quincentenary of the Union between Poland and Lithuania ; and the Monument of Lilia Weneda at Planty Park, erected to commemorate poet Juliusz Slowacki showing a character from the poet's drama playing a harp, made by Alfred Daun in 1884.