Anne of Celje was Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania

Lithuania

Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...

, 1402–1416 as second wife of Jogaila

Jogaila

Jogaila, later 'He is known under a number of names: ; ; . See also: Jogaila : names and titles. was Grand Duke of Lithuania , king consort of Kingdom of Poland , and sole King of Poland . He ruled in Lithuania from 1377, at first with his uncle Kęstutis...

, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (reigned 1387–1434).

Anne of Celje was born as the only daughter of William (1361–1392), Count of Celje

Counts of Celje

The Counts of Cilli or Celje represent the most important medieval aristocratic and ruling house with roots and territory in present-day Slovenia....

 and his wife Anne of Poland

Anna of Poland, Countess of Celje

Anna of Poland was countess consort of Celje, a medieval Slovenian feudal state, and an influential woman in politics of Poland.She was daughter of King Casimir III of Poland , who was succeeded, not by Anna nor any of Casimir's own descendants, but by Casimir's nephew, King Louis I of Hungary....

 (1366–1425), the youngest surviving daughter of the late king Casimir III of Poland

Casimir III of Poland

Casimir III the Great , last King of Poland from the Piast dynasty , was the son of King Władysław I the Elbow-high and Hedwig of Kalisz.-Biography:...

 (1309–1370).

When Wladyslaw Jagiello's first wife the reigning queen Jadwiga of Poland

Jadwiga of Poland

Jadwiga was monarch of Poland from 1384 to her death. Her official title was 'king' rather than 'queen', reflecting that she was a sovereign in her own right and not merely a royal consort. She was a member of the Capetian House of Anjou, the daughter of King Louis I of Hungary and Elizabeth of...

, young Anne's second cousin, had died in 1399 (without surviving children), Wladyslaw sought a wife amongst heirs to the kingdom of Poland, Jadwiga's patrimony. The about 50-year-old king married the 21-year-old Anne in 1402.

Her mother, Anne of Poland, tried to gain influence in Poland, mostly to advance her daughter's and granddaughter's position.

Anne bore an only surviving daughter, Hedwig Jagiellon (1408–1431) to her husband, and then died in 1416, at about the age of 35.

Jogaila then married in 1417 Elisabeth of Pilica

Elisabeth of Pilica

Elisabeth of Pilica was Queen consort of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania as the third wife of Jogaila who was Grand Duke of Lithuania and King of Poland, reigning 1387 to 1434....

, and in 1422 Sophia of Halshany

Sophia of Halshany

Sophia of Halshany , was a Lithuanian princess of Halshany, Queen of Poland from , and the last wife of Jogaila.-Biography:...

, both of whom did not descend from Piast kings of Poland, as Jogaila was not able to find any more brides with a hereditary right to the kingdom of Poland. Jogaila's sons and heirs were born of Sophia.

A party of Polish nobles wanted Hedwig and her future husband to succeed Jogaila (in Poland at least), instead of her father's sons by Sofia.

In 1425 the late Anne's mother Anne, Countess of Celje, died and in 1431 her daughter Hedwig died without issue. Anne's descent went extinct before Jogaila's death.