The First Woman King: Call Her Jadwiga

Every gift can break — she became a king, queen, mother — and saint: The gift is worth the grief, and the love is worth the loss.

Joseph Serwach
Catholic Way Home
Published in
7 min readJul 3, 2023

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The Vow of Queen Jadwiga by Józef Simmler (1823–1868) via Wikimedia Commons.

The more you gain, the more you risk. The world’s first woman king transformed Europe 638 years ago. On October 16, 1384, Poland crowned Jadwiga king.

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Joseph Serwach
Catholic Way Home

Story + Identity = Mission. Leadership Culture, Journalism, Branding Education. Inspiration: Catholic, Polish. https://serwachjoe.medium.com/membership