Hedwig of Cieszyn | |
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Born | 1469 |
Died | Trencsén Castle | 6 April 1521
Buried | Szepeshely |
Noble family |
House of Piast (by birth) House of Zápolya (by marriage) |
Spouse(s) | Stephen Zápolya |
Issue |
John Zápolya,
King of Hungary George Zápolya Barbara, Queen consort of Poland Magdalena Zápolya |
Father | Przemyslaus II, Duke of Cieszyn |
Mother | Anna of Warsaw |
Hedwig of Cieszyn ( Polish: Jadwiga cieszyńska, Hungarian: Hedvig tescheni hercegnő) (1469 – 6 April 1521) was a Polish princess. [1] She was the only child of Przemysław II, Duke of Cieszyn by his wife Anna, daughter of Duke Bolesław IV of Warsaw. [2]
After her father's death in 1477, eight-year-old Hedwig was placed under the guardianship of her cousin, Casimir II.
On 11 August 1483 she married the widower Stephen Zápolya, Lord of Trencsén (Trenčín). [2] They had four children: János Zápolya (2 June 1487 – 22 July 1540), later King of Hungary; George Zápolya (ca. 1494 – 29 August 1526), killed in action at Mohács; Barbara Zápolya (1495 – 2 October 1515), Queen of Poland after her marriage to Sigismund I the Old; and Magdalena Zápolya (b. ca. 1499 – 1499), died young. [3]
Stephen Zápolya died on 23 December 1499. Hedwig remained in Hungary, where she managed the huge property left behind by her late husband. [4] She was also a generous supporter of the Carthusian monastery of Lapis Refugii in Spiš. [5] [1]
Hedwig died on 16 April 1521 in Trencsén Castle and was buried alongside her husband in the Zápolya family vault on the Szepes chapter house.
Hedwig of Cieszyn | |
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Born | 1469 |
Died | Trencsén Castle | 6 April 1521
Buried | Szepeshely |
Noble family |
House of Piast (by birth) House of Zápolya (by marriage) |
Spouse(s) | Stephen Zápolya |
Issue |
John Zápolya,
King of Hungary George Zápolya Barbara, Queen consort of Poland Magdalena Zápolya |
Father | Przemyslaus II, Duke of Cieszyn |
Mother | Anna of Warsaw |
Hedwig of Cieszyn ( Polish: Jadwiga cieszyńska, Hungarian: Hedvig tescheni hercegnő) (1469 – 6 April 1521) was a Polish princess. [1] She was the only child of Przemysław II, Duke of Cieszyn by his wife Anna, daughter of Duke Bolesław IV of Warsaw. [2]
After her father's death in 1477, eight-year-old Hedwig was placed under the guardianship of her cousin, Casimir II.
On 11 August 1483 she married the widower Stephen Zápolya, Lord of Trencsén (Trenčín). [2] They had four children: János Zápolya (2 June 1487 – 22 July 1540), later King of Hungary; George Zápolya (ca. 1494 – 29 August 1526), killed in action at Mohács; Barbara Zápolya (1495 – 2 October 1515), Queen of Poland after her marriage to Sigismund I the Old; and Magdalena Zápolya (b. ca. 1499 – 1499), died young. [3]
Stephen Zápolya died on 23 December 1499. Hedwig remained in Hungary, where she managed the huge property left behind by her late husband. [4] She was also a generous supporter of the Carthusian monastery of Lapis Refugii in Spiš. [5] [1]
Hedwig died on 16 April 1521 in Trencsén Castle and was buried alongside her husband in the Zápolya family vault on the Szepes chapter house.