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Hedwig of Sagan | |
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Queen consort of Poland | |
Tenure | 1365–1370 |
Born | before 1350 |
Died | 27 March 1390 (aged 39-40) Silesia |
Burial | Silesia |
Spouse | Casimir III of Poland Rupert I of Legnica |
Issue | Anna, Countess of Celje Kunigunde of Poland Jadwiga of Poland Barbara, Duchess of Saxe-Wittenberg Agnes of Legnica |
House | Piast |
Father | Henry V of Iron |
Mother | Anna 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.