Editing Judith of Poland (section)

==Early years==
Judith was the daughter of Duke [[Bolesław III Wrymouth]] of [[Poland]] by his second wife, [[Salomea of Berg]]. She was probably named after either her paternal grandmother, [[Judith of Bohemia]], or her older half-sister, the princess of Murom.<ref>J. Żylińska: Piastówny i żony Piastów. pp. 99, 113.</ref> Judith was one of the youngest children of her parents; her date of birth remains unknown. According to Polish medieval chronicles, she was sent to [[Hungary]] as a bride of the son of King [[Béla II of Hungary|Béla II]].{{CN|date=June 2023}} According to the ''Annales Cracovienses Compilati'', this event took place in 1136; since it can be assumed that the Polish princess was younger than her betrothed, and also are known the birth dates of the youngest children of Bolesław III ([[Agnes of Poland|Agnes]] in 1137 and [[Casimir II the Just|Casimir]] in 1138), Judith in consequence could have been born between 1130 and 1135.

The marriage never took place: by 1146, the engagement was broken with the consent of both parties and Judith returned to Poland.<ref>K. Jasiński, ''Rodowód pierwszych Piastów'', Poznań 2004, p. 257.</ref> The reason for this may have been the wedding of [[Mieszko III the Old|Mieszko]] (Judith's brother) with the Hungarian princess [[Elisabeth of Hungary (1128–1154)|Elisabeth]] (daughter of King Béla II), which sufficiently secured the Polish-Hungarian alliance.<ref>K. Jasiński, ''Rodowód pierwszych Piastów'', Poznań 2004, p. 256. 
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