Jadwiga
(Hedwig)
"Princess of Poland-Lithuania, Kurfürstin von Brandenburg"
von Brandenburg
formerly Jagiellonka aka of Poland, Jagiellonica
Born in Poznań, Królestwo Polskie
Ancestors 
Daughter of Zygmunt (Jagiello) Polski
and Borbála (Szapolyay) Szapolyay de Szepes
Sister of
Izabella (UNKNOWN) Polska [half], Zygmunt Jagiellończyk [half], Anna (Jagiellonka) Jagiello [half] and Katarzyna Jagellonica [half]
Wife of
Joachim Hector Hohenzollern
— married
1 Sep 1535 in Kraków, Małopolskie, Polska
Descendants 
Died
at age 59
in Alt Ruppin, Kurfürstentum Brandenburg, Heiliges Römisches Reich
Profile last modified
| Created 20 Apr 2014
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Hedwig Jagiellonka was a member of the aristocracy in Europe.
Biography
Jadwiga Jagiellonka was a princess of Poland, and Electress of Brandenburg by marriage.
Jadwiga was born in 1513. Jadwiga was the child of Sigismund I The Old Jagiello and Barbara Zápolya. Jadwiga passed away in 1573. [1]
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- ↑ First-hand information as remembered by John Atkinson, Saturday, April 19, 2014. Replace this citation if there is another source.
- Hedwig Jagiellonica at Wikipedia (German)
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