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.
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7 min readJul 3, 2023
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.