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| 100Zl Polish Rulers Series Queen Jadwiga Born between 3 October 1373 & 18 Feb 1374 Died 17 July 1399 aged 25. Reigned as the 1st Queen of Poland 16 Oct 1384- 17 July 1399. Jadwiga was crowned king in Kraków on 16 October 1384. Her title either reflected the Polish lords' attempt to hinder her future husband from adopting the same title without further act or only emphasized that she was a queen regnant. With her mother's consent. She was the youngest daughter of Louis the Great, King of Hungary and Poland, and his wife, Elizabeth of Bosnia. Jadwiga was a member of the Capetian House of Anjou, but she was even more closely related to the native Piast dynasty of Poland through her ancestors. She was canonized in 1997. |
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