Salomea was the daughter of Leszek I the White who was Grand Duke of Cracow and thus the head ruler of Poland and his wife Grzymislawa of Luck (or Lutsk). Her marriage to Coloman, who was the son of King Andrew II of Hungary, was negotiated when she was about three. In 1245 she joined the Order of Poor Ladies. Salome was considered saintly and it was at least said that she had preserved her chastity in marriage. She was in 1672 beatified by Pope Clement X. Her tomb is in Kraków (Cracow).