Jadwiga (; diminutives: Jadzia , Iga) is a
Polish
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feminine given name. It originated from the
old Germanic
Proto-Germanic (abbreviated PGmc; also called Common Germanic) is the reconstructed proto-language of the Germanic branch of the Indo-European languages.
Proto-Germanic eventually developed from pre-Proto-Germanic into three Germanic branch ...
feminine given name
Hedwig (variants of which include Hedwiga), which is compounded from ''hadu'' ("battle") and ''wig'' ("fight").
Jadwiga may refer to:
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Jadwiga (wife of Władysław Odonic) Jadwiga (died 29 December 1249) was by marriage Duchess consort of Greater Poland.
Her parentage is disputed among historians and sources. Among the possible origins for Jadwiga include:
* Descent from the Pomerelian Samborides lineage of the Duke ...
(died 1249), Duchess consort of Greater Poland
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Jadwiga of Kalisz
Jadwiga of Kalisz ( Polish: ''Jadwiga kaliska'' (''Bolesławówna)''; c. 1266 – 10 December 1339) was a Queen of Poland by marriage to Ladislaus the Short. She was the mother of the last Piast King of Poland, Casimir III.
She was the second o ...
(1266–1339), Queen of Poland and mother of Casimir III of Poland
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Jadwiga of Żagań
Hedwig of Sagan (; before 1350 – 27 March 1390) was Queen of Poland as the fourth wife of Casimir III. Casimir's lack of male heir spelled the end of the Piast dynasty in the Kingdom of Poland.Jerzy Jan Lerski, Piotr Wróbel, Richard J. Kozi ...
(before 1350–1390), Queen of Poland, wife of Casimir III of Poland (daughter-in-law of previous)
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Jadwiga of Poland
Jadwiga (; 1373 or 137417 July 1399), also known as Hedwig (from German) and in , was the first woman to be crowned as monarch of the Kingdom of Poland. She reigned from 16 October 1384 until her death. Born in Buda, she was the youngest daught ...
(1374–1399), female monarch of Poland, named after Saint Hedwig of Andechs
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Jadwiga Lenartowicz-Rylko (1910–2010), Polish Catholic physician imprisoned in
Ravensbruck.
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Jadwiga Dzido
Jadwiga Dzido (26 January 1918 – 10 December 1985) was a Polish resistance worker and pharmacy student who was arrested by the Gestapo in 1941 and deported to the Ravensbrück concentration camp where she was subjected to forced operations. She ...
(1918–1985), Polish survivor of Ravensbrück concentration camp
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Jadwiga Jagiellon (disambiguation) Hedwig or Jadwiga Jagiellon(ka) may refer to:
* Hedwig Jagiellon (1408–1431), daughter of Jogaila, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, and Anna of Celje
* Hedwig Jagiellon (1457–1502)
Hedwig Jagiellon (; , ; 21 September 1457 – 18 ...
, several Polish princesses of that name
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Jadwiga Rappé
Jadwiga Rappé (24 February 1952 – 16 May 2025) was a Polish contralto who made an international career in concert and opera, performing a wide range of repertoire. She was based at the Grand Theatre, Warsaw, and taught voice at the Fryderyk ...
(1952–2025), Polish operatic contralto
See also
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Hedwig (disambiguation) Hedwig may refer to:
People and fictional characters
* Hedwig (given name), a list of people and fictional characters with the given name
* Grzegorz Hedwig (born 1988), Polish slalom canoeist
* Johann Hedwig, (1730–1799), German botanist
* Romanu ...
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Hadewijch
Hadewijch (), sometimes referred to as Hadewych or Hadewig (of Brabant or of Antwerp), was a 13th-century poet and mystic, probably living in the Duchy of Brabant. Most of her extant writings are in a Brabantian form of Middle Dutch. Her writ ...
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Edwige
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