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5 days ago · Jan Zamoyski (born March 19, 1542, Skokówka, Pol.—died June 3, 1605, Zamość) was a Polish advisor to King Sigismund II Augustus and Stephen Báthory and later an opponent of Sigismund III Vasa. He was a major force in the royal politics of Poland throughout his life. Educated in France and Italy, he returned to Poland in 1565 and was ...
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5 days ago · Zofia Stryjeńska was born Zofia Anna Lubańska in 1891 in Krakow (then part of Austria-Hungary). Despite the challenges she faced throughout her long life (she died at the age of 84), her passion for art endowed her with strength, confidence, and eventually, fame. From a young age, Stryjeńska was interested in illustrations in fashion ...
1 day ago · Poland–Lithuania, formally known as the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania [a] and also referred to as the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth [b] or the First Polish Republic, [c] [10] [11] was a bi- confederal [12] state, sometimes called a federation, [13] of Poland and Lithuania ruled by a common monarch in real union, who ...
5 days ago · John III and Stephen Báthory formed an alliance against Ivan IV in December 1577, after Báthory had concluded the Danzig War. Already in November, Lithuanian forces had started an offensive from the south and captured Dünaburg (Daugavpils). A Polish-Swedish force took the town and castle of Wenden in early 1578.
3 days ago · Constantin Feber was prisoned in Łowicz by king Stephen Báthory because of his support for Archduke Maximilian during the 1575 election and rebellion against the king. 35: Lion Castle. Built for the Schwartzwald family in 1569. The facade was adorned by Vroom of Haarlem. The house was named after two lion sculptures decorating the main portal.
23 hours ago · Foreign alliances of France. The Franco-Ottoman alliance, also known as the Franco-Turkish alliance, was an alliance established in 1536 between Francis I, King of France and Suleiman I of the Ottoman Empire.
4 days ago · Itt található többek között a Báthori család vörös márvány sárkányos címerköve, Báthory Gábor szablyája, Bethlen Gábor díszkardja és az 1511-ben Firenzében készült templomi ülőpad (stallum) kisebbik padsora, mely eredetileg a Báthoriak Szent György nevét viselő templomában állt.
