Radomsko

Radomsko lies on the Radomka in the historic Sieradz lands, at a meeting of routes through central Poland. Duke Leszek the Black granted it town privileges in 1266 and later brought Franciscan friars here. Their Gothic church was supported by King Władysław the Short in 1328. The town entered the affairs of the kingdom when Polish nobles gathered here in 1382 and 1384 during the succession that brought Jadwiga to the throne. Under the Jagiellonian dynasty, royal privileges encouraged trade: Władysław Jagiełło granted such rights in 1427, and Sigismund II Augustus added further privileges in the sixteenth century.