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   Bona Sforza d'Aragona (2 February 1494 – 19 November 1557) was Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania as the second wife of Sigismund the Old, and Duchess of Bari and Rossano by her own right. She was a surviving member of the powerful House of Sforza, which had ruled the Duchy of Milan since 1447.

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   Dec 18, 2020 · Banner: Bona Sforza (1494-1557), Queen of Poland by Unknown Artist/The National Museum in Krakow. First published on 18 December 2020 in Humanities. A University of Melbourne expert says Italian-born princess, Queen Bona, helps us understand how Renaissance women acquired, maintained and negotiated power.

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   Who was Bona Sforza?

   • 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.

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   How many children did Bona Sforza have?

   • When Bona Sforza arrived in Poland in 1518 she was greeted by archbishop Jan Łaski, the primate of Poland, with “great hope” that she will “deliver the heir to the throne”. Over the thirty years of Bona Sforza’s marriage with Sigismund I the Elder, the Queen satisfied that demand with the birth of a son and four daughters.

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   Why did Sforza have a coat of arms?

   • Satirists writing in Latin used the Sforza coat of arms – depicting a dragon devouring a child – to spread the malicious tales of Queen Bona’s greed as if “she were a beastly dragon”. The attitude of Bona’s contemporaries was heavily gendered. Popular pamphlets portrayed her as a meddlesome wife but stressed her qualities as a ruler.

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   Who is Queen Bona?

   • A University of Melbourne expert says Italian-born princess, Queen Bona, helps us understand how Renaissance women acquired, maintained and negotiated power.

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5. ilnuovomediterraneo.com › en › bona-sforzaAn Italian came from afar: Queen Bona Sforza of Poland

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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.

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6. www.monstrousregimentofwomen.com › 2017 › 11Bona Sforza, Queen of Poland: "Her Yoke Chafed"

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   Bona Sforza, queen of Poland (d. 19 November 1557) Raised at the brilliant Renaissance court of Milan, Bona Sforza was well educated, her studies including the discipline of statecraft as well as languages, literature, and music, more traditional occupations for women.*. And, by the way, she is Caterina Sforza 's niece, the daughter of Caterina ...

7. pkadams-author.com › 2019/05/26 › bona-sforza-polandBona Sforza, Poland’s Rebellious Queen – P.K. Adams

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   May 26, 2019 · When Bona Sforza (1494-1557), the heiress to the Duchies of Milan and Bari, married Poland’s King Zygmunt (the Old) of the Jagiellon dynasty in 1518, she had brought with her not only new fashions and foods previously unknown in the north, but also different customs and manners. She and her ladies talked and laughed at the table, rode on ...

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   4121119 A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography — Sforza, Bona ... and took particular delight in the society and encouragement of men of letters. She died in 1557. ...

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   Information. Also known as. Bona Sforza, Queen consort of Poland. primary name: primary name: Sforza, Bona. other name: other name: (Queen consort of) Poland. Details. individual; royal/imperial; Italian; Female. Life dates. 1493-1558. Biography. Wife of Zygmunt I and Queen consort of Poland from 1518. Bibliography.