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May 23, 2016 · Eight years after the death of Sigismund, Bona decided to go back to Bari. Abdication of Queen Bona, by Szymon Buchbinder. (Public Domain) The Shadow of the Queen. Bona Sforza was known to be a typical Italian beauty but many of the paintings depicting her were usually by her enemies, so she was often portrayed as a fat and unattractive woman.
- Natalia Klimczak
Bona Sforza. Born in: 1494 - Died in: 1557. Bona Sforza of Aragon was queen consort of Poland, grand duchess consort of Lithuania from 1518 and duchess sovereign of Bari, from 1524. The daughter of the Duke of Milan, Gian Galeazzo and Isabella of Aragon, was the second wife of King Sigismund I (1518) and thus became Queen Consort of Poland and ...
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Mar 22, 2024 · Bona Sforza of Aragon brought great wealth, innovations and court intrigues to the Polish-Lithuanian lands of the early 16th century. Her decisive and shrewd character greatly surprised the nobles of her court. She was always very determined in affirming her prerogatives and her beloved son Sigismund Augustus.
- Antonio Iannaccone
Dec 18, 2020 · Bona Sforza was the daughter of Gian Galeazzo Sforza, the Duke of Milan and his beautiful wife Isabella d’Aragona of Naples. Bona’s father died shortly after her birth in 1494, at the same time, Italy was engulfed in the series of wars between the French Valois kings and the powerful Austrian Habsburgs. The young Bona Sforza in 1517.
Sforza, Bona (1493–1557)Queen of Poland and duchess of Bari. Name variations: Bona of Poland. Born in January 1493 (some sources cite 1494) in Milan, Italy; died on November 19, 1557 (some sources cite 1558), at Bari, Italy; daughter of Giangaleazzo or Gian Galeazzo Sforza, duke of Milan (r. 1476–1479), and Isabella of Naples (1470–1524); became second wife of Zygmunt I Stary also known ...
There is no biography of Bona Sforza in English--I've quoted from Roland Bainton's Women of the Reformation from Spain to Scandinavia here. Wish I could read Polish--Maria Bogucka's Bona Sforza was published recently, but there's also a massive biography by Wladyslaw Pociecha, Królowa Bona, 1494-1557 , published in four volumes (1949-58).
May 3, 2019 · Bona Sforza was a member of the House of Sforza who in 1518 became the second wife of Sigismund I of Poland. When her mother Isabella of Naples died in 1524, Bona succeeded to the titles Duchess of Bari and Princess of Rossano. She also became the holder of the Brienne claim to the title of King of Jerusalem. Bona was born in Vigevano, daughter ...
