Louis I of Hungary
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Louis I of Hungary, also known as Louis the Great or Louis the Hungarian, was King of Hungary and Croatia from 1342 and King of Poland from 1370 until his death in 1382. He was the first child of Char
Louis I as depicted in the Chronicon Pictum
Louis I's birth depicted in the Illuminated Chronicle
King Louis I as depicted in the Secretum Secretorum (Secret of Secrets)
Charles, Margrave of Moravia (the future Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor), the father of Louis I's first wife, Margaret of Bohemia (from the Gelnhausen Codex)
Jadwiga of Poland
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Jadwiga, also known as Hedwig, was Queen of the Kingdom of Poland, as well as its last hereditary ruler. Crowned "King" to highlight her sovereign status, she reigned from 16 October 1384 until her de
Louis I of Hungary
…Catherine, was born in 1370 and died in 1378. The next daughter, Mary, who would succeed Louis in Hungary, was born in 1371. Louis's youngest daughter, Jadwiga, who was born in 1373, became queen regnant of Poland. Louis was the only Hungarian monarch to receive the epithet "Great". He was mentioned under this…
Jadwiga with her mother and sisters, as depicted on Saint Simeon's casket in Zadar
Dymitr of Goraj by Jan Matejko depicts Jadwiga trying to break the castle gate to join William
Queen Jadwiga's Oath, by Józef Simmler, 1867
Jadwiga's sarcophagus, Wawel Cathedral, Kraków