| Hedwig of Cieszyn | |
| Noble Family: | House of Piast (by birth) House of Zápolya (by marriage) |
| Father: | Przemyslaus II, Duke of Cieszyn |
| Mother: | Anna of Warsaw |
| Spouse: | Stephen Zápolya |
| Birth Date: | 1469 |
| Death Place: | Trencsén Castle |
| Burial Place: | Szepeshely |
| Issue: | John Zápolya, King of Hungary George Zápolya Barbara, Queen consort of Poland Magdalena Zápolya |
Hedwig of Cieszyn (Polish: '''Jadwiga cieszyńska''', Hungarian: '''Hedvig tescheni hercegnő''') (1469 – 6 April 1521) was a Polish princess. She was the only child of Przemysław II, Duke of Cieszyn by his wife Anna, daughter of Duke Bolesław IV of Warsaw.[1]
After her father's death in 1477, eight-year-old Hedwig was placed under the guardianship of her cousin, Casimir II.
On 11 August 1483 she married the widower Stephen Zápolya, Lord of Trencsén (Trenčín). They had four children: János Zápolya (2 June 1487 - 22 July 1540), later King of Hungary; George Zápolya (ca. 1494 - 29 August 1526), killed in action at Mohács; Barbara Zápolya (1495 - 2 October 1515), Queen of Poland after her marriage to Sigismund I the Old; and Magdalena Zápolya (b. ca. 1499 - 1499), died young.[2]
Stephen Zápolya died on 23 December 1499. Hedwig remained in Hungary, where she managed the huge property left behind by her late husband.[3] She was also a generous supporter of the Carthusian monastery of Lapis Refugii in Spiš.[4]
Hedwig died on 16 April 1521 in Trencsén Castle and was buried alongside her husband in the Zápolya family vault on the Szepes chapter house.