Danuta Anna

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Danuta Anna ( Lithuanian Ona Danutė ; * around 1358 ; † May 25, 1448 ) was the daughter of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Kiejstut and Princess Biruta.

Danuta Anna married the prince of Mazovia Janusz I. Starszy probably in 1373 . The marriage was preceded by the christening of the Lithuanian princess , her godfather was the German crusader Günter von Hohenstein. She was probably baptized while she was in Lithuania. The marriage of Janusz I and Danuta Anna is valued in the history of Poland as the longest lasting marriage of the Piast dynasty .

The Princess of Mazovia gave birth to three or four children:

  • Name unknown (Olga?) (* 1373-1376; † around 1401), married to the Moldovan hospodar Piotr I since 1388 .
  • Janusz Młodszy (* before 1383; † 1422),
  • Bolesław Januszowic (* before 1386; † 1420-1425),
  • Konrad Januszowic (* before 1400; † before 1429)

Princess Danuta Anna was buried in the Dominican church of Warka , which burned down in 1650 . In 1859 her remains were moved to the Franciscan Church in Warka (Parafia Matki Bożej Szkaplerznej w Warce).

In the historical novel The Crusaders by Henryk Sienkiewicz she is described as Lithuanian princess Anna Danuta, where she is guardian of the lady-in-waiting and singer Danusia von Spychów.

  1. ↑ Ilona Czamańska uważa żonę Piotra I za przedstawicielkę dynastii Giedyminowiczów i wyznacza datę małżeństwa hospodara na lata 1382-1385. (patrz: J. Nikodem, Jadwiga król Polski , Wrocław 2009, p. 245)

literature

  • Kazimierz Jasiński: Rodowód Piastów mazowieckich . Wydawnictwo Historyczne, Poznań - Wrocław 1998, ISBN 83-913563-0-2 , s. 80-83, 97-104.
  • Jan Tęgowski: Pierwsze pokolenia Giedyminowiczów . Wydawnictwo Historyczne, Poznań - Wrocław 1999, ISBN 83-913563-1-0 , s. 217-219.
personal data
SURNAME Danuta Anna
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ona Danutė; Danutė
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Lithuanian princess (1358 to 1448)
DATE OF BIRTH around 1358
DATE OF DEATH May 25, 1448