Jadwiga of Poland
Queen of Poland (1384–1399)
14 dated entries naming Jadwiga of Poland, drawn from 10 separate years between 1374 CE and 1997 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.
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14th century
- 1374August 18 – King Lajos of Hungary pledges his infant daughter, Princess Hedwig, to marriage to Wilhelm of Habsburg, the four-year-old son of Leopold III, Duke of Austria, as part of an alliance between Austria and Hungary.source
- 1374September 17 – King Lajos of Hungary, in his role as King Ludwik of Poland, promulgates the Privilege of Koszyce, granting major concessions to the nobles of Poland in return for the nobles' pledge that they will recognize his daughter, Jadwiga, as the reigning monarch upon his death. The privileges granted are a release from paying a tribute to the King as a form of property tax, except for a token amount, limiting appointments to office to persons of Polish ethnicity, release from obligations to build and repair towns, bridges and castles, release from payment of the king's expenses, and a reimbursement by the King to the nobles to pay soldiers' wages.source
- 1375March 4 – Under an agreement between King Lajos of Hungary and Leopold III, Duke of Austria, Ludvik's one-year-old daughter, Princess Jadwiga, is betrothed to Leopold's four-year-old son Wilhelm of Habsburg.source
- 1382November 25 – The nobles of Greater Poland assemble at Radomsko and, not wishing to be ruled by Mary' of Hungarys fiancee, the future Sigismund of Luxembourg, choose Mary's younger sister, Jadwiga, to become ruler of Poland.source
- 1383March 28 – In a proclamation made by her envoys to Poland, Elizabeth, the former Queen consort of Hungary and regent for her 10-year-old daughter Mary, Queen of Hungary, formally releases the Kingdom of Poland from an oath of loyalty to Mary and announces that she will send her 9-year-old daughter Hedwig to be the queen of Poland.source
- 1384October 16 – At the age of 10, Jadwiga is crowned "King" of Poland in Kraków following the 1382 death of her father, King Louis of Hungary.source
- 1385August 14 – The Union of Krewo establishes the Jagiellonian dynasty in Poland and Lithuania, through the proposed marriage of Queen regnant Jadwiga of Poland and Grand Duke Jogaila of Lithuania, and sees the acceptance of Roman Catholicism by the Lithuanian elite, and an end to the Greater Poland Civil War.source
- 1385August 23 – In celebration of the marriage of Wilhelm the Courteous, Duke of Austria, to Jadwiga, Queen of Poland, the leaders of the city of Kraków grant amnesty to the prisoners in the city jail.source
- 1386February 18 – Grand Duke Jogaila of Lithuania marries Queen Jadwiga of Poland, unifying the two nations.source
- 1386July 25 – Elizabeth of Bosnia, mother of Queen Jadwiga of Poland is kidnapped by Croatian rebels at Gorjani, along with Jadwiga's sister, Queen consort Mary of Hungary Mary, when they are ambushed by John Horvat and his men while traviling to Dakovo. Nicholas I Garai, who had accompanied Elizabeth and Mary, is murdered and his severed head is sent by the rebels to Margaret of Durazzo, the former Queen consort of Hungary and Naples, as proof that the murderers of her husband King Charles III, have been captured.source
- 1399July 17 – Władysław II Jagiełło becomes sole ruler of Poland, after the death of his co-ruling wife, Queen Jadwiga.source
- 1399July 17 – King Jadwiga of Poland (born 1374)source
- 1400July 26 – Jagiellonian University is re-established in Kraków by order of King Władysław II, with the creation of the Faculty of Theology at what is then called the Kraków Academy. The restoration is partially financed by the sale of jewelry owned by the King's late wife, Queen Jadwiga, who had died in 1399.source