Hedwig Jagiellon | |
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Duchess consort of Bavaria-Landshut | |
Tenure | 18 January 1479 – 18 February 1502 |
Born | 21 September 1457 Kraków |
Died | 18 February 1502 Burghausen | (aged 44)
Burial | Raitenhaslach Monastery |
Spouse | George, Duke of Bavaria-Landshut |
Issue among others... | Elisabeth, Countess Palatine of the Rhine Margaret of Bavaria-Landshut |
Dynasty | Jagiellon |
Father | Casimir IV Jagiellon |
Mother | Elizabeth of Austria |
Hedwig Jagiellon (Polish: Jadwiga Jagiellonka, Lithuanian: Jadvyga Jogailaitė, German: Hedwig Jagiellonica; 21 September 1457 – 18 February 1502), baptized as "Hedwigis", was a Polish princess and member of the Jagiellonian dynasty, as well as Duchess of Bavaria by marriage.
Born in Kraków, she was the eldest daughter of King Casimir IV of Poland of Poland and Archduchess Elisabeth of Austria.