Sophia of Halshany

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Sophia of Halshany
Coronation on March 5, 1424
in the Wawel Cathedral,
Kraków, Poland
Coat of Arms Hipocentaur
Parents Andrew of Halshany,
Alexandra Drucka
Consort Władysław II Jagiełło
Date of Birth c. 1405
Date of Death September 21, 1461
Place of Death Kraków, Poland
Place of Burial Wawel Cathedral, Kraków

Sophia of Halshany (Belarusian: Соф'я Гальшанская, Sofja Halšanskaja; Lithuanian: Sofija Alšėniškė; Polish: Zofia Holszańska) (c. 1405-1461), was a Lithuanian princess of Halshany, Queen of Poland from (1422-1461), and the last wife of Władysław II Jagiełło.

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[edit] Biography

Vytautas the Great helped arrange the marriage between Sophia and Jogaila. Sophia was a daughter of Vytautas's brother-in-law, Andrew of Halshany. Jogaila was already at the advanced age of 71 when, on February 24 (or 7), 1422, he married Sophia, his fourth wife, who was then at the approximate age of 17. The marriage took place in the city of Navahrudak and was carried out by Matthias of Trakai, Bishop of Samogitia. Finally, she bore him the male heirs he desired. From previous marriages he had two daughters, one who died as a baby, the other, Jadwiga of Lithuania, the last of his children with Piast blood, died in 1431 at 23, amidst rumors of poisoning. Sophia was the mother of:

Another son, also named Casimir, died at the age of one. Initially there was resistance from the Polish nobility to recognise Jogaila's and Sophia's sons as the heirs to the Polish throne. Jogaila had to make concessions and grant them new privileges in exchange for this recognition.

Sophia sponsored the translation of the Bible into the Polish language (1453–1461). She was the grandmother of Saint Casimir.

[edit] Ancestors

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Ivan of Halshany
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Andrew of Halshany
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Agrippina of Smolensk
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Sophia of Halshany
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Dimitri Olgierdowic
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Alexandra Drucka
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Anastasia of Ryazan
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

[edit] Patronage

Queen Sophia's Chapel (1431-1432) of the Wawel Cathedral, left

Bible of Queen Sophia in Polish (1453-1455) by Andrzej Jaszowic

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Sophia of Halshany
Born: c. 1405 Died: 21 September 1461
Royal titles
Preceded by
Elisabeth of Pilica		 Queen of Poland
1424-1434		 Succeeded by
Elisabeth of Austria

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