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Personal data Hedwig Jagiellon of POLAND 


Household of Hedwig Jagiellon of POLAND

She is married to Joachim II Hector von BRANDENBURG.

They got married on September 1, 1535 at Kraków, Lodzkie, Poland, she was 22 years old.


Child(ren):

  2. Hedwig von BRANDENBURG  1540-1602 


Notes about Hedwig Jagiellon of POLAND

Hedwig Jagiellon (Lithuanian: Jadvyga Jogailaitė, Polish: Jadwiga Jagiellonka, German: Hedwig Jagiellonica; 15 March 1513 - 7 February 1573) was a member of the Polish Jagiellon dynasty and an Electress of Brandenburg.

Hedwig was born on March 15, 1513 in Poznań. She was the eldest daughter of King Sigismund I the Old of Poland and his first wife, Hungarian Countess Barbara Zápolya, sister of the later King John I of Hungary. Her only full sibling, Anna, died at age 5. Her father remarried and had six children with his second wife. Although she grew up with her half brothers and sisters, she had personal tutors, and in the court she received the nickname of "reginula".

Hedwig was described by Olaus Magnus, who met her in 1528, as a "very beautiful, wise maiden [...] finer than all the riches I have just mentioned, and worthy of a glorious realm."

Her hand was first sought by King Gustav I of Sweden, who was determined to make her his first queen. In 1526, Johannes Magnus was sent to Poland by the King of Sweden to negotiate the marriage. Despite the suitor's decision to moderate the religious reforms in his kingdom, Hedwig's father declined Gustav's offer after hearing about Gustav's ill relationship with the Roman Catholic Church, and the opportunity to become Queen of Sweden perished (only to be presented later to Hedwig's half-sister Catherine).

The next suitor was from Brandenburg. The intensely Catholic Georg von Blumenthal, Bishop of Lebus, was sent to negotiate the marriage. On 29 August or 1 September 1535 Hedwig married Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg. The wedding was held in Kraków. As the Jagiellon dynasty was Catholic, Joachim II promised Sigismund he would not make Hedwig change her religion and gave her as a dower the county of Ruppin as well as the cities Alt Ruppin and Neuruppin. The marriage contract, signed on 21 March 1535, stipulated that Hedwig would be allowed to bring a Polish priest with her and always be free in the exercise of Catholic prayers.

The marriage did not satisfy Hedwig's mother-in-law, Elizabeth of Denmark, a devout Protestant, for Catholic services were held for Hedwig in her private chapel. The Dowager Electress was also unhappy because Hedwig could not speak German.

After breaking her thigh and hurting her back in the collapse of a floor at a hunting lodge, Hedwig spent the last 22 years of her life crippled. The accident signified the collapse of her marriage, which was already damaged by differences in religion and language. Hedwig was replaced by her husband's mistress, Anna Sydow, whom Joachim treated as his wife and who was recognized publicly.

Hedwig died in Neuruppin on 7 February 1573, two years after her husband.

Hedwig and Joachim had six children:

Elisabeth Magdalena (6 September 1537 - 22 August 1595); married Francis Otto, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg.
Sigismund (2 December 1538 - 14 September 1566), Bishop of Magdeburg and Halberstadt.
Hedwig (2 March 1540 - 21 October 1602); married Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg.
Sophia (14 December 1541 - 27 June 1564); married of Wiliam of Rosenberg.
Joachim (1543 - 23 March 1544)
Unnamed daughter (born in 1545)
SOURCE: Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedwig_Jagiellon,_Electress_of_Brandenburg

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Birthday March 15, 1513

  • Graaf Maximiliaan (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1506 till 1515 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1513: Source: Wikipedia
    • April 2 » Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León first sights land in what is now the United States state of Florida.
    • April 30 » Edmund de la Pole, Yorkist pretender to the English throne, is executed on the orders of Henry VIII.
    • June 6 » Battle of Novara. In the Italian Wars, Swiss troops defeat the French under Louis II de la Trémoille, forcing them to abandon Milan; Duke Massimiliano Sforza is restored.
    • August 16 » Battle of the Spurs (Battle of Guinegate): King Henry VIII of England and his Imperial allies defeat French Forces who are then forced to retreat.
    • September 25 » Spanish explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa reaches what would become known as the Pacific Ocean.
    • October 7 » War of the League of Cambrai: Spain defeats Venice.

Day of marriage September 1, 1535

  • Graaf Karel II (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1515 till 1555 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1535: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 21 » Following the Affair of the Placards, the French king leads an anti-Protestant procession through Paris.
    • April 20 » The sun dog phenomenon is observed over Stockholm, as later depicted in the famous painting Vädersolstavlan.
    • May 19 » French explorer Jacques Cartier sets sail on his second voyage to North America with three ships, 110 men, and Chief Donnacona's two sons (whom Cartier had kidnapped during his first voyage).
    • June 1 » Combined forces loyal to Charles V attack and expel the Ottomans from Tunis during the Conquest of Tunis.
    • July 6 » Sir Thomas More is executed for treason against King Henry VIII of England.
    • October 4 » The Coverdale Bible is printed, with translations into English by William Tyndale and Myles Coverdale.

Day of death February 7, 1573

  • Graaf Filips III (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1555 till 1581 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1573: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 25 » Battle of Mikatagahara: In Japan, Takeda Shingen defeats Tokugawa Ieyasu.
    • March 7 » A peace treaty is signed between the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Venice, ending the Ottoman–Venetian War and leaving Cyprus in Ottoman hands.
    • July 6 » Córdoba, Argentina, is founded by Jerónimo Luis de Cabrera.
    • July 6 » French Wars of Religion: Siege of La Rochelle ends.
    • July 13 » Eighty Years' War: The Siege of Haarlem ends after seven months.
    • September 10 » German pirate Klein Henszlein and 33 of his crew beheaded in Hamburg .


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