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Catherine Jagiellon was born in Kraków as the youngest daughter of King Sigismund I the Old of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and his wife, Bona Sforza of Milan.
Nov 1, 2015 · Her daughter, Isabella, was born in 1564 but died in 1566. Sigismund, born in 1566, would later become king of both Poland (1587-1632) and Sweden (1592-99). In 1567, John and Catherine were released from their imprisonment.
Sigismund was the son of King John III of Sweden and his first wife, Catherine Jagiellon, daughter of King Sigismund I of Poland. Elected monarch of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1587, he sought to unify Poland and Sweden under one Catholic kingdom, and when he succeeded his deceased father in 1592 the Polish–Swedish union was created.
Jan 6, 2019 · Catherine Jagiellon was born the youngest daughter of King Sigismund I the Old of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and Bona Sforza. Catherine became the spouse of King John III of Sweden and mother of the future King Sigismund III Vasa of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
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The daughter of Bona Sforza,1 Catherine Jagiellon (1526–83) was a Polish-Lithuanian-Italian princess married to a Swedish prince, John Vasa (1537–93), Duke of Finland, later King of Sweden.
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Katarina Jagellonica belonged to the most prominent tiers of European aristocracy through both of her parents. Her mother, Bona Sforza, was the daughter of Duke Gian Galleazzo of Milan and Isabella of Aragon, who herself was the daughter of King Alfonso II of Naples.
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country of residence of Catherine Jagiellon, the youngest daughter of the Polish King Sigismund the Old (1467–1548) and the Italian princess Bona Sforza (1494–1557), after she married Duke John III Vasa (Swedish: Johan III;
