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Maria of Bytom – A Queen in the footnotes

Friday, 22 January 2021, 6:00 CaraBeth 0

Throughout the late middle ages, there are records of queens whose marriages were beneficial to their husbands’ families.  Even though we don’t know much about them, we still know whether or not they fulfilled their most important duty – bearing sons.  Often the queens who did not succeed in this are forgotten and hidden in [read more]

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Anna of Schweidnitz

Anna of Swidnica – A beloved Empress

Tuesday, 29 October 2019, 6:00 CaraBeth 0

After the death of his second wife Charles of Luxembourg, King of Bohemia wanted to marry again in order to have a surviving son.  He quickly decided that he would marry Anna of Swidnica, who was previously betrothed to his deceased son, Wenceslaus.  Anna was the daughter of a second son of a prince of [read more]

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Elizabeth of Poland – The popular Duchess of Pomerania

Sunday, 19 May 2019, 0:00 CaraBeth 0

Elizabeth of Poland, Duchess of Pomerania, does not have the fame and accomplishments that her namesake aunt has.  However, she is fondly remembered in the Pomeranian city of Szczecinek, which shows that she must have been a popular duchess in her lifetime.  Everything known about her suggests that she was an ideal duchess consort. Early [read more]

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Kunigunde of Poland – The other sister of Casimir the Great

Sunday, 17 March 2019, 0:00 CaraBeth 0

Kunigunde of Poland was the first-born daughter of King Wladyslaw I of Poland and Hedwig of Kalisz.  However, her younger sister, Elizabeth is much more well-known than her.  It is clear why Elizabeth is the more memorable sister; first of all, she was a queen and lived much longer.  Even though there is not much [read more]

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Hedwig of Kalisz – The Power behind the Throne

Thursday, 7 March 2019, 7:00 CaraBeth 2

King Casimir III of Poland, known to history as “the great”, may not have become king, if it weren’t for the efforts of his mother, Hedwig of Kalisz.  Casimir’s father Wladyslaw the Elbow-high might not have been king if it weren’t for her either.  Hedwig was one of medieval Poland’s most influential queens.  For years, [read more]

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Lost Kingdoms – Kingdom of Hungary (Part 2)

Monday, 19 February 2018, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 0

Read part one here. The civil war that began with the death of King Andrew III of Hungary and Croatia ended two decades later with the succession of the grandson of Mary of Hungary, the sister of King Ladislaus IV of Hungary. He became King Charles I of Hungary. The amount of times he married is [read more]

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