Hedwig Jagiellon, Duchess of Bavaria

Hedwig Jagiellon
Duchess of Bavaria-Landshut
Tenure 18 January 1479 – 18 February 1502
Spouse George, Duke of Bavaria
Issue
Elisabeth, Countness Palatine of the Rhine
Margaret of Bavaria
House Jagiellon dynasty
Father Casimir IV Jagiellon
Mother Elizabeth of Austria
Born 21 September 1457
Krakow
Died 18 February 1502(1502-02-18) (aged 44)
Burghausen
Burial Raitenhaslach Monastery
Religion Roman Catholicism

Hedwig Jagiellon (Polish: Jadwiga Jagiellonka, Lithuanian: Jadvyga Jogailaitė) (21 September 1457 – 18 February 1502), baptized as Hedwigis, (German: Hedwig Jagiellonica) was the eldest daughter of King Casimir IV Jagiellon of Poland and Archduchess Elisabeth Habsburg of Hungary.

In 14 November 1475 Hedwig married Duke George of Bavaria in Landshut, which started the tradition of the famous medieval pageant Landshut Wedding.

It was rumored that she was locked away in a tower in Burg Trausnitz right after the wedding, however historic literature proves that she lived a normal life as a Lady of the house. Hedwig gave birth to five children of which only two daughters survived childhood years. Not much is reported after that.

Children

George and Hedwig had the following children:

  1. Ludwig of Bavaria (1476–1496)
  2. Rupert of Bavaria (1477)
  3. Elisabeth of Bavaria (1478–1504) Married Rupert of the Palatinate and was mother of Otto Henry, Elector Palatine.
  4. Margaret of Bavaria (1480–1531), Abbess of the Benedictine monastery in Neuburg an der Donau
  5. Wolfgang of Bavaria (*/† 1482)

Ancestry

Hedwig Jagiellon
Born: 21 September 1457 Died: 18 February 1502
Royal titles
Preceded by
Amalia of Saxony
Duchess of Bavaria-Landshut
18 January 1479 – 18 February 1502
Vacant
Title next held by
Kunigunde of Austria