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The Polish-Lithuanian Union of Krewo: A Dynasty Forged
In 1385, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, the last pagan state in Europe, and the Kingdom of Poland, a Catholic realm basking in its Golden Age, signed a pact in the castle of Krewo. This union, sealed by the marriage of the twelve-year-old Polish Queen Jadwiga to the pagan Grand Duke Jogaila, transformed the map of Europe. This episode unpacks the Krewo Act: the political maneuvering, the religious conversion of Lithuania, and the uneasy partnership that launched the Jagiellonian dynasty. We follow the negotiations, the papal dispensation for Jadwiga's broken betrothal, and the coronation…
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