Jadwiga crowned king of Poland
1384
The ten-year-old Angevin princess was crowned rex (not regina) of Poland, a legal fiction that allowed a female sovereign to exercise full royal authority. She would soon marry the Lithuanian Jogaila and bankroll the University of Krakow from her personal jewels. Canonized centuries later, she remains one of Poland's beloved medieval figures.
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Era
Late Middle Ages (1301–1500), one of 874 events from that era on Saeculum.
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