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Stephen Zápolya ( Hungarian: Szapolyai István; died on 23 December 1499), was Palatine of the Kingdom of Hungary between 1492 and 1499. [1] He married Polish princess Hedwig of Cieszyn on 11 August 1483 (his second marriage), by whom he had four children: Magdalena Zápolya (b. ca. 1499 – 1499), died young.
Rise of the Szápolya family. John was the oldest son of Count Stephen Zápolya and his second wife, Hedwig of Cieszyn. Stephen Zápolya was descended from a Croatian noble family from Slavonia. Their family name was derived from the Croatian phrase "za polje" (literally translated as "behind field").
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John was the oldest son of Count Stephen Zápolya, and his second wife, Hedwig of Cieszyn. Stephen Zápolya was descended from a Slavonian noble family. He became one of the wealthiest lords in the Kingdom of Hungary after inheriting the large domains of his brother, Emeric Zápolya, in 1487.
views 3,005,156 updated. Stephen Zápolya (zä´pôlyŏ), d. 1499, palatine (regent) of Hungary (1492–99), of a noble Hungarian family. An able general of King Matthias Corvinus of Hungary, he fought against the Ottomans from 1479 to 1481; from 1481 to 1485 he conquered the archduchy of Austria for Matthias, who then appointed him its governor.
John Sigismund, who never married and left no heir, was the last member of the Zápolya family. In his will, he assured the Diet of its right to choose the new monarch. [97] The representatives of the Three Nations elected the Roman Catholic Stephen Báthory, who adopted the title Voivode of Transylvania . [92]
Aug 1, 2023 · I. János Szapolyai, magyar király's Timeline. Genealogy for I. János Szapolyai (Zapolya), magyar király (1487 - 1540) family tree on Geni, with over 250 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives.
John was the oldest son of Count Stephen Zápolya, and his second wife, Hedwig of Cieszyn. [2] [3] Stephen Zápolya was descended from a Slavonian noble family. [2] He became one of the wealthiest lords in the Kingdom of Hungary after inheriting the large domains of his brother, Emeric Zápolya, in 1487.
