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Jadwiga of Poland's 1384 Coronation as King
In 1384, a nine-year-old girl was crowned king of Poland. Not queen—king. This episode tells the story of Jadwiga of Anjou, the youngest daughter of Louis I of Hungary, who inherited the Polish throne and went on to shape the destiny of Eastern Europe. We follow her journey from the Hungarian court to Kraków's Wawel Cathedral, where she was crowned Hedvig Rex Poloniae. We explore the political gamesmanship behind her betrothal to William of Habsburg and her eventual marriage to Jogaila of Lithuania, a union that created the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. But beyond the diplomacy…
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