Bodzanta

His Excellency Bodzanta
Archbishop of Gniezno
Church	Roman Catholic
Archdiocese	Gniezno
Installed	1382
Term ended	1388
Predecessor	Janusz Suchywilk
Successor	Jan Kropidło
Personal details
Born	1320 Szeligi
Died	1388 Chełmno
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Bodzanta or Bodzęta of Szeliga coat of arms (Polish: Bodzęta; 1320–1388), was a Polish nobleman, governor of Kraków–Sandomierz lands (1350, 1357–1370, 1372–1379, 1381) and the archbishop of Gniezno (1382–1388).

Supporter of Louis I of Hungary and the Angevin dynasty. After his death, he first supported an Angevin candidate for the throne of the Kingdom of Poland, and than, Siemowit IV, Duke of Masovia. On 16 June 1383, he proclaimed Siemowit the king of Poland, but due to lack of support for Siemowit, he withdrew his support, embracing the idea of a Polish–Lithuanian union. On 15 February, Bodzanta baptised Lithuanian Grand Duke Jogaila, who became the king Władysław II Jagiełło. On 18 February, he presided over his marriage with Jadwiga of Poland, and on 4 March he crowned him the king of Poland.

External links

• Jan Tęgowski: Postawa polityczna arcybiskupa gnieźnieńskiego Bodzanty w czasie bezkrólewia po śmierci Ludwika Węgierskiego.
• Virtual tour Gniezno Cathedral Archived 2020-07-17 at the Wayback Machine