medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Clearly, not dim, merely profoundly ignorant!
Thank you. I'll follow up the genealogy when I've time. And no, I have no
desire to argue with Poles - or anyone else! ( (:-))
BMC
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From: "John Dillon" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sunday, July 19, 2009 12:00 AM
Subject: Re: [M-R] saints of the day 17. July
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
>
> On Saturday, July 18, 2009, at 4:30 pm, Brenda Cook wrote:
>
>> 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" ?
>
> From her dad, Louis I of Anjou, king of Hungary (a.k.a. Louis the Great).
> As I said, "of Anjou" is J.'s dynastic name. The earlier Angevin monarchs
> of Sicily through Giovanna I and all the Angevin monarchs of Hungary are
> often so designated. The founder of their house was Charles I of Anjou
> (youngest son of Louis VIII of France) who became count of Anjou in 1232,
> succeeding his brother Jean, and king of Sicily in 1266, succeeding
> Manfred (whom his troops had slain at the battle of Benevento). _Sed non
> ignota cano_.
>
>> Also I would have thought that she would have been "Hedweg (Havoise
>> ?)" of ANJOU. "JADWIGA of ANJOU" seems a bit odd to me,...
>
> You could take that up with the Republic of Poland, whose use of "Jadwiga
> of Anjou" is exemplified in this official, English-language website:
> http://tinyurl.com/n5zcyu
> Though some might consider it cheeky to quibble with the Poles over the
> nomenclature of one of their queens.
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