Hedwig of Sagan

Hedwig of Sagan
Queen consort of Poland
Tenure1365–1370
Bornbefore 1350
Died27 March 1390 (aged 39-40)
Silesia
Burial
Silesia
SpouseCasimir III of Poland
Rupert I of Legnica
IssueAnna, Countess of Celje
Kunigunde of Poland
Jadwiga of Poland
Barbara, Duchess of Saxe-Wittenberg
Agnes of Legnica
HousePiast
FatherHenry V of Iron
MotherAnna of Mazovia

Hedwig of Sagan (Polish: Jadwiga żagańska; 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.[1] After Casimir's death in 1370, she remarried Rupert I of Legnica.

  1. ^ Jerzy Jan Lerski, Piotr Wróbel, Richard J. Kozicki, Historical dictionary of Poland, 966-1945, Greenwood Publishing Group, 1996, ISBN 0-313-26007-9, Google Print, p.249-250