Jadwiga of Poland

Type Figure Region Central Europe Time c. 1374–1399 Also known as Saint Jadwiga of Poland

Jadwiga (c. 1373/1374–1399), second daughter of Louis I of Hungary, was crowned Queen of Poland in 1384, one of the few female monarchs in Polish his…

Timeline

1384–1385Kraków · PolandCrowned in 1384 with the support of the Polish nobility, replacing the previously deposed candidate who was King of Hungary and Poland, establishing the legitimacy of a female monarch in Poland.
1385–1386Krewo · Grand Duchy of LithuaniaIn 1385 Poland and Lithuania reached an agreement on union at Krewo; in 1386 she married Grand Duke Jogaila of Lithuania, who was baptized with the name Władysław and jointly crowned King of Poland.
1387–1390Kraków · PolandFrom 1387 to 1390 she co-ruled with her husband Władysław II Jagiełło, promoting the revival of the University of Kraków and the spread of Catholicism in Lithuania, consolidating the Polish-Lithuanian alliance against the Teutonic Knights.

Sources

Jadwiga | queen of Poland — Encyclopaedia Britannica https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jadwiga-queen-of-Poland