Royal elections in Poland
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Royal elections in Poland were the election of individual monarchs, rather than dynasties, to the Polish throne. Based on legendary traditions dating to the beginning of the Polish statehood, they bec
The first Polish royal election, of Henry III of France in 1573 (1889 Painting by Jan Matejko)
The election of Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki (Michael I) as king of Poland at Wola outside Warsaw (1669)
Election of August II the Strong at Wola, outside Warsaw (1697). Painting by Jean-Pierre Norblin de La Gourdaine.
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
Royal elections in Poland
…the beginning of the Polish statehood, they became the official procedure in choosing a monarch, following the death of the last hereditary monarch, Queen Jadwiga Anjou, in 1399. The electoral system was in use throughout the entire Jagiellonian dynasty and reached its final form in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth…
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