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    Jadwiga (Polish: [jadˈviɡa] ; 1373 or 1374 – 17 July 1399), also known as Hedwig (Hungarian: Hedvig), was the first woman to be crowned as monarch of...
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  • consort of Greater Poland Jadwiga of Kalisz (1266–1339), Queen of Poland and mother of Casimir III of Poland Jadwiga of Żagań (before 1350–1390), Queen of Poland...
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    relative, Louis of Anjou, who ruled Poland, Hungary and Croatia in a personal union. Louis' younger daughter Jadwiga became Poland's first female monarch...
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    Duke of Lithuania, in regard to his prospective marriage to the underage reigning King Jadwiga of Poland. Though very limited in scope, the "Union of Krewo"...
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    (1401–1434) and then King of Poland (1386–1434), first alongside his wife Jadwiga until 1399, and then sole ruler of Poland. Born a pagan, he converted...
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    1941 during the German occupation of Poland. Jadwiga Staniszkis studied sociology at the Warsaw University Faculty of Philosophy, obtaining a PhD in 1971...
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    Jadwiga of Kalisz (Polish: Jadwiga kaliska (Bolesławówna); 1266 – 10 December 1339) was a Queen of Poland by marriage to Ladislaus the Short. She was...
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    subsequent marriage of Queen Jadwiga of Poland to Grand Duke Jogaila of Lithuania, who was crowned jure uxoris King of Poland. Their descendant, Sigismund...
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    reinstated in the centre of the shirt in December 2011. Jadwiga of Poland Władysław II Jagiełło (Jogaila) Władysław III of Poland Casimir IV Jagiellon John...
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    over the throne as Queen of Poland. Her advisors negotiated with Jogaila of Lithuania, concerning a potential marriage to Jadwiga. Jogaila pleaged to convert...
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