Sophia of Halshany, known simply as Sonka, was a princess of Lithuanian Alšėniškiai princely family who was Queen of Poland as the fourth and last wife of Jogaila, King of Poland and Supreme Duke of L
19th-century painting by Marceli Krajewski after a 16th-century miniature
Queen Sophia's Chapel (left) of the Wawel Cathedral, funded by Sophia in 1431–1432
Jan Długosz, also known in Latin as Johannes Longinus, was a Polish priest, chronicler, diplomat, soldier, and secretary to Bishop Zbigniew Oleśnicki of Kraków. He is considered Poland's first histori