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 Kraków–Sandomierz 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]