Queen Sophia of Halshany and her participation in the preparations for the congress of Lutsk in 1429

Abstract

Referring to the source material not used so far, the article presents the role of Sophia of Halshany – the fourth wife of Wladyslaw Jagiello – in organizing the congress in Lutsk in 1429. It was determined where and in what circumstances an idea was developed to send the queen with accompanying persons to Witold in Lithuania for the reason of organizing the said congress. At a rough estimate, the time and place of the diplomatic mission were established. The trip to Lutsk taken by Sigismund of Luxembourg and his wife, Barbara, was described as well as the preparations made by Sophia in Cracow at the beginning of 1429 to welcome them. This may lead to the conclusion that the King of Hungary intended that the queen of Poland was absent at the congress of Lutsk.