Jadwiga Jagiellon

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Jadwiga Jagiellon
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Jadwiga Jagiellon

Jadwiga Jagiellon (1457-1502) - was the eldest daughter of Polish King Casimir IV Jagiellon and Elisabeth of Austria .

In 1475 she married Bavarian Duke George of Bavaria in Landshut, which started the tradition of the famous medieval pageant Wedding of Landshut.

[edit] Genetics

Jadwiga is a matrilineal descendant of Elisabeth of Austria. Provided the genealogy is accurate, this implies that she and all her matrilineal relatives are members of mitochondrial haplogroup Haplogroup T.

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