Barbara Zápolya
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Gender | Female |
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Born | Trencin |
Slovakia | |
Date of died | October 2,1515 |
Died | Krakow |
Poland | |
Spouse | Sigismund I the Old |
Place of burial | Wawel Cathedral, Kraków, Poland |
Children | Hedwig Jagiellon, Electress of Brandenburg |
Anna Jagiellon | |
Parents | Stephen Zápolya |
Hedwig of Cieszyn | |
Grandchildren | Hedwig of Brandenburg, Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel |
Siblings | John Zápolya |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 1156483 |
Barbara Zápolya Life story
Barbara Zápolya was Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania as the first wife of King Sigismund I the Old from 1512 to 1515. Marriage to Barbara represented an alliance between Sigismund and the House of Zápolya against the Habsburgs in succession disputes over the throne to the Kingdom of Hungary.