Bodzanta or Bodzęta ( pl, Bodzęta) (1320–1388) of
Szeliga coat of arms was an
archbishop of Gniezno (1382–1388),
Polish noble, governor of
Kraków
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–
Sandomierz
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lands (1350, 1357–1370, 1372–1379, 1381).http://dir.icm.edu.pl/Arcybiskupi_gnieznienscy/Tom_1/684
Supporter of
Louis I of Hungary
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and the
Angevin dynasty. After his death, he first supported an Angevin candidate for the throne of the
Kingdom of Poland
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, and than,
Siemowit IV, Duke of Masovia
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. On 16 June 1383, he proclaimed Siemowit the
king of Poland
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, but due to lack of support for Siemowit, he withdrew his support, embracing the idea of a
Polish–Lithuanian union. On 15 February, Bodzanta
baptised
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Lithuanian Grand Duke
Jogaila, who became the king Władysław II Jagiełło. On 18 February, he presided over his marriage with
Jadwiga of Poland
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, and on 4 March he crowned him the king of Poland.
References
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Jan Tęgowski
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Postawa polityczna arcybiskupa gnieźnieńskiego Bodzanty w czasie bezkrólewia po śmierci Ludwika Węgierskiego
1320s births
1388 deaths
Archbishops of Gniezno
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