Adelaide of Hesse

Adelaide of Hesse
An 1865 imagining of Adelaide by Polish painter Jan Matejko
Queen consort of Poland
Tenure1341–1356 (de facto)
1341–1370 (de jure)
Coronation29 September 1341
Bornc. 1324 (1324)
Diedc. 1371 (aged 46–47)
SpouseCasimir III of Poland
HouseHesse (by birth)
Piast (by marriage)
FatherHenry II, Landgrave of Hesse
MotherElisabeth of Thuringia

Adelaide of Hesse (Polish: Adelajda Heska, German: Adelheid von Hessen; after 1323 – after 26 May 1371) was a noble of the House of Hesse by birth and the queen consort of Poland by marriage to Casimir III of Poland. She was the eldest daughter of Henry II, Landgrave of Hesse, and his wife Elisabeth of Thuringia (1306–1367), daughter of Frederick I, Margrave of Meissen.


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