Hedwig of Sagan

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Hedwig of Sagan
Henry V of Iron
MotherAnna of Mazovia

Hedwig of Sagan (

Kingdom of Poland.[1] After Casimir's death in 1370, she remarried Rupert I of Legnica
.

Family

Hedwig was the third of five children born to

Jan I of Racibórz
.

First marriage

Christina Rokiczana, his mistress and a widow of a wealthy merchant, also bore no children. Casimir needed a son and he chose Hedwig as it would to strengthen his ties with Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor.[citation needed
]

Hedwig married Casimir III of Poland around 1365. However, Casimir was committing bigamy as was still legally married to his second wife (it is unknown whether Christina was still alive at the time). Casimir forged a papal dispensation because he had a fourth-degree relation to Hedwig. In 1368 Pope Urban V allowed Casimir to stay with Hedwig since his marriage to Christina was invalid. Adelaide died in 1371.

Casimir awaited the birth of a son. If no son was born then Casimir's nephew, Louis I of Hungary, would inherit the throne. Instead of a son, Hedwig bore three daughters:

  1. Anne of Cilli. Married secondly Ulrich, Duke of Teck
    . They had no children.
  2. Cunigunde (1367–1370).
  3. Hedwig (1368 – ca. 1407), reportedly married ca. 1382 but the details are obscure.

The question of the legitimacy of the three daughters was raised. Casimir had all three of his daughters legitimised. Casimir managed to have Anne and Cunigunde legitimised by Pope Urban V on 5 December 1369. Hedwig the younger was legitimised by Pope Gregory XI on 11 October 1371.

On 5 November 1370 Casimir died, leaving Hedwig a widow with three young daughters. Soon afterwards, the middle daughter, Cunigunde, died aged three. From Casimir's will, Hedwig received from the king's treasury 53 fine silver and 1 / 3 silver vessels in the amount of dowry and 1,000 fineslarge cents.[

Elisabeth of Poland, acted as regent for a period of time when Louis was in Hungary
.

Second marriage

Hedwig did not remarry straight away. She returned to her home in Żagań where she lived at the court of her brother, Henry VI the Elder.

On 10 February 1372, Hedwig married for a second time to Rupert I of Legnica, son of Wenceslaus I of Legnica and Anna of Cieszyn. The marriage produced two more daughters:

  1. Barbara (ca. 1384 – Trebitz, 9 May 1436), married
    Montferrato
    .
  2. Agnes (before 1385 – after 7 July 1411), a nun in
    Wroclaw
    .

After eighteen years of marriage to Rupert, Hedwig died. She was buried in Silesia.

Ancestors

References

  1. ISBN 0-313-26007-9, Google Print, p.249-250
Hedwig of Sagan
House of Piast
Born: before 1350 Died: 27 March 1390
Royal titles
Preceded by
Queen consort of Poland

1365–1370 		Succeeded by
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