Wojciech Jastrzębiec Explained

Type:Archbishop
Honorific-Prefix:His Excellency
Wojciech Jastrzębiec
Church:Roman Catholic
Archdiocese:Gniezno
Enthroned:1423
Ended:1436
Ordination:1384
Consecration:1399
Coat Of Arms:Jastrzębiec herb.svg
Coat Of Arms Alt:Episcopal coat of arms of Archbishop Wojciech Jastrzębiec,
Birth Date:1362
Birth Place:Łubnice
Death Date:2 September 1436
Death Place:Mnichowice
Buried:Beszowa
Nationality:Polish

Wojciech of Jastrzębiec (c. 1362–1436) was a Polish mediaeval politician and religious leader. A bishop of Cracow and Poznań, he also held prominent posts at the court of the king Władysław II of Poland.

Initially a chancellor to king Jadwiga of Poland and one of the advisors to the king Władysław, on 26 April 1399 he was ordained an archbishop of Gniezno and hence Primate of Poland. However, he gave up that post on the king's insistence.

Wojciech authored numerous religious works and became the person to crown king Władysław III of Poland in the Wawel Cathedral on 25 July 1434.

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