Maria Mościcka (photo:public domain) Maria Mościcka (1896-1979) - secretary of Michalina Mościcka, second wife of Ignacy Mościcki, Polish first lady. Maria Dobrzańska was born in 1896. In 1919, she married a soldier, Tadeusz Nagórny. In 1926, Marias husband became adjutant to the new president,
Marysieńka Sobieska (photo:public domain) Marie Casimire de La Grange dArquien Queen of Poland. Maria Kazimiera , affectionately called Marysieńka at the Polish court, was born in Burgundy, in the city of Nevers under the rule of the Gonzaga family. From this family came its great protector,
Ludwika Maria Gonzaga Ludwika Maria Gonzaga, Maria Ludwika Gonzaga Queen of Poland, wife of Władysław IV Waza, and then Jan Kazimierz Waza. The only ruler in the history of the country who married two reigning rulers, and two brothers. She was a well-born French aristocrat, from 1637 she rul
Katarzyna Habsburżanka (photo:public domain) Katarzyna Habsburżanka (1533-1572) Daughter of Emperor Ferdinand I and Anna Jagiellon, wife of Zygmunt August. Catherine was born in 1533 in Vienna. At sixteen she married the Duke of Mantua, Francis III. Just a few months after her wedding, in 1550
Elizabeth of Habsburżanka Elizabeth of Habsburg (1526-1545) - daughter of Archduke Ferdinand I, wife of Zygmunt August. Elżbieta was the eldest daughter of Ferdinand I Habsburg and Anna Jagiellon. From birth, she was planned to marry the Polish prince, Zygmunt August. The first marriage contract
Bona Sforza, Jan Matejko Bona Sforza Polish queen, wife of Zygmunt I Stary from the Jagiellonian dynasty. She was the daughter of the Milanese prince Giangaleazza Sforza and the Neapolitan princess Isabella of Aragón. Her father was murdered when she was eight months old; She spent her childho
Aleksander Jagiellończyk and Helena Moskewska (photo:public domain) Helena Moskovskaya (1476 - 1513) - the uncrowned Polish queen, daughter of Ivan III the Stern, wife of Aleksander Jagiellończyk. Helena came from the Rurik dynasty. Her mother Zoe (Sophia) Paleolog, the niece of the last Byzanti
Elżbieta Granowska The Queen of Poland, the third wife of Władysław Jagiełło. Most likely she was born between 1370 and 1380, the first date is often given. She was the daughter of Otto of Pilicz, Topór coat of arms and Jadwiga Melsztyńska of Leliwa coat of arms, who in 1386 also became the godm
Anna Cylejska Queen of Poland, second wife of Władysław Jagiełło. She was the granddaughter of Kazimierz Wielki and Jadwiga from Żagań. Her parents were Anna, daughter of Casimir the Great, and Count Cylia Wilhelm, hence her nickname. After her mother remarried Count Teck, to whom she had left, a
Elżbieta Bośniaczka and Maria (photo:public domain) Elżbieta Bośniaczka (around 1340–1387) - wife of Ludwik Węgierski, mother of Queen Jadwiga. Elżbieta Bośniaczka was the only daughter of Stefan II Kotromanic, ban of Bosnia and Piast, Elżbieta Kujawska, daughter of Kazimierz III, prince of Gnie
Elżbieta Łokietkówna Elżbieta Łokietkówna Queen of Hungary and regent of Poland from the Piast dynasty. She was the daughter of Władysław Łokietek and Jadwiga Kaliska. She was born as the first child of this couple conceived after the prince returned from exile. She grew up under the supervisi
No portrait of Jadwiga Żagańska has survived to our times. We can try to imagine it with the help of drawings of contemporary womens costumes by Jan Matejko (photo:public domain) Jadwiga Żagańska (-1390) - fourth wife of Casimir the Great. Jadwiga was the daughter of the Duke of Żagań, Henryk V
Court dresses that were fashionable during Rokiczanys life. Krystyna Rokiczana (before 1330- after 1365) Morgamatic wife of Casimir the Great, a Czech bourgeois. Little is known about Krystyna before she met the Polish king. We do not know the exact date of her birth. She first appears in sour
Adelajda Heska, image by Jan Matejka (photo:public domain) Adelaide Heska (1324-1371) - the second wife of Casimir the Great. Adelaide was the daughter of the Landgraf of Hesse - Henryk II Żelazny and Elżbieta of the Wettin dynasty. The then Hesse was small (it consisted of only two districts),
Marta Bryła as Aldona Anna Giedyminówna in the series Crown of Kings Aldona Anna Giedyminówna (-1339) - Lithuanian princess and Polish queen as wife of Casimir III the Great. She was one of at least six daughters of prince Gediminas - the supreme ruler of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, considered
No portrait of Jadwiga Kaliska is known. Above, a plaque presenting court costumes from the turn of the 13th and 14th centuries by Jan Matejko. You can imagine that the Polish queen also dressed in a similar way Jadwiga Kaliska, Jadwiga Bolesławówna (-1339) - Duchess and Queen of Poland from the
Ryksa Elżbieta according to Antoni Boys. Ryksa Elizabeth Queen of Bohemia and Poland, the only daughter of Przemysł II and wife of Wenceslaus II of the Przemyślid dynasty. The marriage with her, concluded in 1303, strengthened Wacławs claims to Greater Poland and to the Polish throne, on which
Saint Kinga discovers the salt mines in Bochnia. Saint Kinga (1234-1292) - daughter of the Hungarian king Bela IV and the duchess of Krakow and Sandomierz as the wife of Bolesław the Chaste. She was engaged at the age of five, and the wedding took place when she was twelve. Together with her hus
Dobroniega Maria by Michał Stachowicz Maria Dobroniega, Dobroniega Maria A Polish duchess, wife of Kazimierz the Restorer of the Piast dynasty. She was a Russian princess from the Rurykowicz family, the younger sister of Prince Jarosław the Wise. The marriage with her, concluded in 1040 or 104
The figure in a drawing by Kamil Jadczak. Figure The wife of Mieszko II Lambert and the first Polish queen, crowned with her husband and father-in-law, Bolesław the Brave, in the spring of 1025. She was a descendant of the imperial Ludolfing family after her mother, and a Lorraine magnate af
Solitude, nicknamed the Mulatto Solitude because of her origins (circa 1772 – 1802?), is an important figure in the resistance of black slaves in Guadeloupe. A life as a slave Today little is known about the existence of Solitude. She was born in Guadeloupe around 1772, the result of the rape of h
In the twelfth century AD, a new dynasty emerged in the city of Ghazni in Afghanistan called the Gaur dynasty. The hill region of Gaur is situated between Ghazni and Herat. The residents of Gaur region are called Gauri. In AD 1173 Ghiyasuddin Ghori permanently took over Ghazni and appointed his youn
French painter, leader of the neo-classical school (which advocates a return to the aesthetic canons of Antiquity Greek and Latin). He was a member of the Convention, but he was imprisoned after the fall of Robespierre, he was pardoned under the Empire, of which he became the official painter (Le Sa
Tunisian feminist activist, Radhia Haddad (1922 – 2003) was one of the first elected female MPs in Africa. It contributes to shaping Tunisia after its access to independence. Self-taught student Daughter of Salah Ben Ammar, Radhia Ben Ammar was born on March 17, 1922 in Tunis, into a bourgeois fam