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Barbara Zápolya ( Hungarian: Szapolyai Borbála, 1495–1515) 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.
Jan 4, 2021 · Barbara Zápolya. From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository. Barbara Zapolya (Szapolyai Borbála) (1495–1515) was the daughter of Stephen Zápolya (István Szapolyai), Palatine of Hungary, and the Silesian princess Hedwig of Teschen. She was Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania (1508-1515) as the first wife of Sigismund I ...
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Barbara Zapolya (fl. 1500) Queen of Poland. Name variations: Barbara Zápolya of Hungary; Szapolyai. Flourished in 1500; sister of John or Jan Zapolya, king of Hungary (r. 1526–1540); first wife of Sigismund I the Elder, king of Poland (r. 1506–1548); children:Hedwig of Poland (1513–1573, who married Joachim II, elector of Brandenburg).
Barbara Zápolya ( Hungarian: Szapolyai Borbála, 1495 – 1515) was Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania as the first wife of King Sigismund I the Old from 1512 to 1515.
Vladislaus's brother, Polish king Sigismund I the Old, married John's younger sister, Barbara Zápolya in early 1512. This increased the influence of the Zápolyas, but only in the short term, as Barbara died in 1515. To show off his wealth, John went with Barbara to Poland accompanied by 800 horsemen who wore gilded clothes.
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Read more on Wikipedia. Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Barbara Zápolya has received more than 58,102 page views. Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Barbara Zápolya is the 421st most popular nobleman (up from 520th in 2019), the 53rd most popular biography from Slovakia (up from ...
