Jadwiga Jagiellon (1513-1573)
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| Parents | Sigismund I of Poland, Barbara Zápolya |
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| Consort | Joachim II Hector | |
| Date of Birth | March 15, 1513 | |
| Place of Birth | Poznań, Poland | |
| Date of Death | February 7, 1573 | |
| Place of Death | Alt Ruppin, Germany | |
Jadwiga Jagiellon (Lithuanian: Jadvyga Jogailaitė; Polish: Jadwiga Jagiellonka) (1513-1573), also known as Hedwig (German: Hedwig Jagiellonica) was the eldest daughter of King Zygmunt I Stary of Poland and Hungarian princess Barbara Zápolya.
Jadwiga was described by Olaus Magnus, who met her in 1528, as a "very beautiful, wise maiden [...] finer than all the riches I have just mentioned, and worthy of a glorious realm".[1]
In 29 August or 1 September 1535 Jadwiga married in Kraków Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg. As the Jagiellon dynasty was Catholic, Joachim II promised Sigismund he would not make Jadwiga change her religion and gave her as a dowry county of Ruppin as well as the cities Alt Ruppin and Neuruppin.
[edit] Children
Jadwiga and Joachim had six children:
- Elisabeth Magdalena (September 6, 1537 - August 22, 1595), wife of Francis Otto, Duke of Braunschweig-Lüneburg,
- Sigismund (December 2, 1538 - September 14, 1566), bishop of Magdeburg and Halberstadt,
- Jadwiga (March 2, 1540 - October 21, 1602), wife of Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg,
- Sophia (December 14, 1541 - June 27, 1564), wife of Wiliam of Rosenberg,
- Joachim (1543 - March 23, 1544),
- unknown daughter, born and died 1545.
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Jadwiga Jagiellon |
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László Zápolya | ||||||||||||
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Stephen Zápolya |
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Dorothea | ||||||||||||
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Barbara Zápolya |
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Jadwiga of Cieszyn |
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[edit] References
- ^ Magnus, Olaus; P. Fisher & H. Higgens (trans.); P. G. Foote (ed.) (1998). A Description of the Northern Peoples. London: The Hakluyt Society, 660. ISBN 0904180581.
