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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Am I being a bit dim, but I cannot make sense of the undernoted: 7) Jadwiga (Hedwig) of Poland, d. 1399. J. (also J. of Anjou, her dynastic name) ?????????? Her dad is HUNGARIAN; her mum is POLISH; her husband is LITHUANIAN. So how come and wherefrom "ANJOU" ? Also I would have thought that she would have been "Hedweg (Havoise ?)" of ANJOU. "JADWIGA of ANJOU" seems a bit odd to me, or are we taking about somewhere else (other than the "French" Comte' bordering on Brittany) called Anjou ? was the youngest daughter of Louis I of Hungary and of his wife, Elizabeth of Poland, sister of the king of Poland, Casimir III the Great. She succeeded in 1382 to the throne of Poland in place of her elder sister Mary, who because of her marriage to Sigismund of Luxemburg was unacceptable to many Polish nobles. In 1385 J. was married to the Lithuanian grand duke Jogaila, who accepted Christianity and who became king of Poland under the name Władysław. Queen J. was very pious, sponsored important cultural institutions (including the academy in Kraków that became today's Jagiellonian University), and was venerated as a saint shortly after her death. She was canonized in 1997. ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html