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Personal data Hedwig van Polen 

  • She was born on March 25, 1513 in Posen.
  • She died on February 7, 1573 in Altruppin, she was 59 years old.
  • A child of Sigismund 1 van Polen and Barbara Zapolya
  • This information was last updated on June 10, 1997.

Household of Hedwig van Polen

She is married to Joachim 2 van Brandenburg.

They got married on September 1, 1535 at Krakau, she was 22 years old.


Child(ren):

  2. Hedwig van Brandenburg  1540-1602 

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Birthday March 25, 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
    • March 27 » Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León reaches the northern end of The Bahamas on his first voyage to Florida.
    • 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.
    • 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.
    • 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.
    • June 24 » The Dominion of Münster, a radical communal Anabaptist state in the independent German city of Münster, is conquered by Franz von Waldeck, the Catholic Prince-Bishopric of Münster in a night attack.
    • October 2 » Jacques Cartier discovers the present site of Montreal.
    • 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.
    • May 26 » The Battle of Haarlemmermeer, a naval engagement in the Dutch War of Independence.
    • 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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