The privilege was granted in 1430 by King Władysław II Jagiełło (Jogaila) in order to ensure the succession to the throne to his son Władysław. Jagiełło’s earlier endeavours toward this end had been resisted by some of the magnates. The privilege of Jedlnia confirmed the bestowals received earlier by the nobility (szlachta) and the clergy of the Crown. Its noteworthy aspects include the principle of personal immunity granted to the nobles; the ban on confiscation of landed estates without a court verdict; the monopoly bestowed upon the nobility in ecclesiastical dignities; and, the promise to extend the rights binding in the Crown to the Ruthenian lands belonging to it and populated by Orthodox nobles.

The privilege was corroborated confirmed in Krakóow, in 1433.

From the collection of the National Museum in Krakow

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