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The Family of Berthold iV; The Marriage of Saint Hedwig and Heinrich  wikidata:Q105395035 reasonator:Q105395035
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Court workshop of Duke Ludwig I of Liegnitz and Brieg (Polish, 1364 - 1398) (1364 - 1398) – illuminator (Polish)
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Title
The Family of Berthold VI; The Marriage of Hedwig and Heinrich
Part of Hedwig Codex Edit this at Wikidata
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Description
Čeština: Andechsové - Anežka z Rochlitz s Bertoldem IV. a jejich děti - Otto I. z Andechsu, Ekbert-biskup v Bamberku, Jindřich- markrabě istrijský, Hedvika- slezská vévodkyně, Gertruda Meránská- uh. královna, Anežka Meránská- fr. královna, Berthold- patriarcha akvilejský, Matilda- abatyše z Klitzingen a sv. Alžběta Uherská
Deutsch: Andechs - Agnes von Rochlitz mit Bertold IV. und ihre Kinder - Otto I. von Andechs, Ekbert-Bischof von Bamberg, Heinrich-Markgraf von Istrien, Hedwig-Schlesische Herzogin, Gertrude von Meranuh. Königin Agnes von Meranofr. Königin, Berthold-Patriarchin von Aquileia, Matilda-Äbtissin von Klitzingen und St. Alžběta Uherská
English: At the top in the center sit her father Berthold IV, Count of Andechs-Meran, and her mother Agnes. Seated to the left are Hedwig, with a halo, two other daughters, and Hedwig's niece, Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, who also has a halo. To the right of Hedwig's parents sit their four sons, two of whom were high- ranking clerics. A fourth daughter, Mechtild, who became a nun. appears below this group and in smaller scale.

The bottom half of the page represents Hedwig's marriage, at age twelve, to Duke Henry of Silesia. With the blessing of the priest at the center, Hedwig joins hands with Henry. As was common in thirteenth-century Europe, Hedwig's father, standing behind her, played a major role in arranging the politically advantageous union. The numerous witnesses attest to the marriage's strategic importance.

The manuscript's emphasis on Hedwig's family had a personal significance for its patron, Duke Ludwig I of Liegnitz and Brieg, who was himself a direct descendant of the saint.
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Date 1353 Edit this at Wikidata
Medium Tempera colors, colored washes, and ink on parchment
Dimensions height: 34.1 cm (13.4 in) Edit this at Wikidata; width: 24.8 cm (9.7 in) Edit this at Wikidata
dimensions QS:P2048,+34.1U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,+24.8U174728
institution QS:P195,Q29247
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lido.getty.edu-gm-obj4360 (Getty Center) Edit this at Wikidata
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