What is Jadwiga of Poland?
[[Image:Jadwiga Andegawenska (275154).jpg|thumb|upright|Jadwiga Andegaweńska ([[Jan Matejko]])]] [[Image:Jadwiga CP.jpg|thumb|Jadwiga of Poland's tomb in the Wawel Cathedral ]]'''Jadwiga Andegaweńska'''' (1374 {{ndash}} 1399) became the King of Poland on 16 October 1384 at the age of eleven.<ref name=jp>{{cite web |url= http://www.biographybase.com/biography/Jadwiga_of_Poland.html |title=Jadwiga of Poland Biography |work=biographybase.com |accessdate=7 January 2011 }}</ref> She was crowned as a king, not queen. Her royal title was: '' Hedvigis Dei Gracia Rex Poloniae, necnon terrarum Cracoviae, Sandomiriae, Syradiae, Lanciciae, Cuyaviae, Pomeraniaeque domina et heres,'' (Jadwiga the grace of God, the Polish king, and heir to the land in Kraków, Sandomierz, Sieradz, Łęczyca, Kujawy and Pomerania). She was the daughter of Louis Hungarian, King of Poland and Hungary). Jadwiga married a [[Lithuania]] Grand Duke, Jogaila (Władysław Jagiełło) on 18 February 1386. After her death during childbirth on 17 July 1399, her husband became the King [[Ladislaus II]] of Poland.<ref name=jp/> In 1997 she was made a [[saint]] by [[Pope John Paul II]].<ref name=jp/> ==References== {{reflist}} {{Commons|Jadwiga Andegaweńska}} [[Category:1374 births]] [[Category:1399 deaths]] [[Category:Kings of Poland]] {{bio-stub}}