hedwig jagiellon

the 15th Century was perhaps...the most interesting in terms of European affairs. While Central Asia had been peaceful since the fall of the Timurid Dynasty and East Asia ever since the Ming Conquests of the Yuan Dynasty, Europe was still embroiled in the wars that had consumed them centuries...

In 1424, Europe was seeing a surprising amount of change. In the west, King Henry V of England had perished before he could become King of France, as was laid out for him in the Treaty of Troyes in 1420. Instead, he was succeeded by his 10 month old son Henry VI with his uncle John, Duke of...

So, I've been reading up on Hedwig Jagiellon, daughter of Władysław II of Poland and bethrothed wife of Brandenburger heir and the future Margrave of Brandenburg Frederick II. While reading into her via Wikipedia, I discovered this little tidbit right here : Later on, Hedwig would die under...

In other thread I've proposed this chainn of events: That was part of challenge to make Mary Tudor wife of Sigismund Augustus. But let's ignore English part and concentrate on the bolded part instead, maybe with little modification-Anna of Bohemia and Hungary dies from some illness before...