Hedwig of Cieszyn
Hedwig of Cieszyn | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1469 |
| Died | 6 April 1521 Trencsén Castle |
| 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]
Life
[edit]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.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Romhányi, Beatrix F. (2020-07-29), "Other Income", Pauline Economy in the Middle Ages, Brill, pp. 94–116, ISBN 978-90-04-42476-0, retrieved 2024-05-20
- ^ a b Ágoston, Gábor (2023-09-12). The Last Muslim Conquest: The Ottoman Empire and Its Wars in Europe. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-20539-7.
- ^ Romhanyi, Beatrix F. (2020-08-03). Pauline Economy in the Middle Ages: The Spiritual Cannot Be Maintained Without The Temporal .... BRILL. ISBN 978-90-04-42476-0.
- ^ Homza, Martin (2008). Central European Charterhouses in the family of the Carthusian order. Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik, Universität Salzburg. ISBN 978-80-968948-1-9.
- ^ Quaestiones Medii Aevi Novae. Wydawn. DiG. 1998.
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- 1469 births
- 1521 deaths
- 15th-century Polish people
- 16th-century Polish people
- 15th-century Hungarian people
- 15th-century Hungarian women
- 16th-century Hungarian people
- Piast dynasty
- Hungarian people of Polish descent
- Zápolya family
- 16th-century Polish women
- 16th-century Hungarian women
- Mothers of Hungarian monarchs