Poland (Białogon Foundry) Cast Medal ND - Hedwig of Poland (1384-1386)

29.24g. 44mm. UNC/UNC. 

An old cast from the Białogon foundry, reproducing a medal from the Royal Suite series.

Medalier: J. F. Holzhaeusser (H under bust).

Hutten-Czapski 3423 (R3) (for prototype); Raczyński 601 (for prototype).

Obv.: Bust of Hedwig right, crowned, in draped attire with necklace and veil.

Inscription around:

HEDVIGIS

(Hedwig).

Rev.: Multi-line Latin inscription:

LUDOVICI FILIA / TERTIOGENITA / CORONATA IN REGINAM / POLONIAE A.D.1384. D.15 OCTOB. / NUPTA VLADISLAO / JAGELLONI / 4. FEBRUARII A.D.1386. / RUSSIAM RUBRAM AB / HUNGARIS OCCUPATAM / POLON. RESTITUIT. / OBIIT A.D.1399. / AETAT: 26. / D.17. IULII.

(Daughter of Louis, third-born; crowned Queen of Poland in 1384 on October 15; married Wladislaus Jagello on February 4, 1386; restored Red Ruthenia, occupied by the Hungarians, to Poland; died in 1399 at the age of 26, on July 17).

Hedwig of Poland (Jadwiga) - (1373-1399) was crowned as King of Poland in 1384 and ruled over territories corresponding to modern Poland and parts of Ukraine. Her marriage to Wladislaus II Jagello (Władysław II Jagiełło) established the dynastic union between Poland and Lithuania, leading to the Christianization of Lithuania and the formation of a major political power in Central and Eastern Europe. She is also associated with the restoration of the University of Kraków and is venerated as a saint in Poland.