Jadwiga, Queen of Poland, approximately 1374-1399

LC control no.	n 84211694
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Jadwiga, Queen of Poland, approximately 1374-1399 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Jadwiga, Królowa, approximately 1374-1399 Hedvig, Queen of Poland, approximately 1374-1399 Hedvigis, Queen of Poland, approximately 1374-1399 Hedwig, Saint, Queen of Poland, approximately 1374-1399 Jadvyga, Queen of Poland, approximately 1374-1399 Jadwiga, Queen, consort of Władysław II Jagiełło, King of Poland, ca. 1374-1399 Jadwiga, Queen of Poland, ca. 1374-1399 Jadwiga, Saint, Queen of Poland, approximately 1374-1399
Birth date	1374~
Death date	1399
Found in	Rydel, L. Królowa Jadwiga, 1984 Encykl. powsz. PWN, 1974: v. 2, p. 319 (Jadwiga, ca. 1374-1399, Polish queen, wife of Władysław Jagiełło) Britannica Micro, v. 10, p. 721: (Władysław II Jagiełło and Jadwiga (Queen of Poland), latter also spelled Hedwig) Europejskie znaczenie Świętej Jadwigi Królowej, 2000: t.p. (... Świętej Jadwigi Królowej) ; p. facing t.p. (Saint Hedwig the Queen) ; p. 15 (canonized on June, 8, 1997 in Cracow) Wikipedia, Mar. 7, 2006 (Jadwiga Angevin; Jadwiga; b. Feb. 18, 1374?; d. July 17, 1399; known in German as Hedwig, in Lithuanian as Jadvyga, in Hungarian as Hedvig, and in Latin as Hedvigis; on November 16, 1384, was crowned King (sic) of Poland -- Hedvig Rex Poloniæ, not Hedvig Regina Poloniæ; masculine gender of her title was meant to emphasize that she was monarch in her own right, not a queen consort; 1385, Jogaila and the lords of Lesser Poland signed the Union of Krewo whereby Jogaila pledged to adopt Latin Christianity and unite Lithuania with Poland in exchange for Jadwiga's hand and the Polish crown; twelve-year-old Jadwiga and 36-year-old Jogaila--who had earlier been baptized Władysław--were wed in March 1386 at Kraków; this was followed by Jogaila's coronation as King of Poland, although Jadwiga retained her royal rights)
Not found in	Collier's; Americana.