Bodzanta Explained

Type:Archbishop
Honorific-Prefix:His Excellency
Archbishop of Gniezno
Bodzanta
Birth Date:1320
Birth Place:Szeligi
Death Date:1388
Death Place:Chełmno
Church:Roman Catholic
Archdiocese:Gniezno
Enthroned:1382
Ended:1388
Coat Of Arms:POL COA Szeliga.svg
Coat Of Arms Alt:Coat of arms of Archbishop Bodzanta
Predecessor:Janusz Suchywilk
Successor:Jan Kropidło

Bodzanta or Bodzęta of Szeliga coat of arms (Polish: Bodzęta; 1320–1388), was a Polish nobleman, governor of KrakówSandomierz lands (1350, 1357–1370, 1372–1379, 1381) and the archbishop of Gniezno (1382–1388).

Supporter of Louis I of Hungary and the Angevin dynasty. After his death, he first supported an Angevin candidate for the throne of the Kingdom of Poland, and than, Siemowit IV, Duke of Masovia. On 16 June 1383, he proclaimed Siemowit the king of Poland, but due to lack of support for Siemowit, he withdrew his support, embracing the idea of a Polish–Lithuanian union. On 15 February, Bodzanta baptised Lithuanian Grand Duke Jogaila, who became the king Władysław II Jagiełło. On 18 February, he presided over his marriage with Jadwiga of Poland, and on 4 March he crowned him the king of Poland.[1]

External links

Postawa polityczna arcybiskupa gnieźnieńskiego Bodzanty w czasie bezkrólewia po śmierci Ludwika Węgierskiego.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Korytkowski Jan, Arcybiskupi gnieźnieńscy, T. 1 - wynik wyszukiwania - DIR . dir.icm.edu.pl.