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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 ...
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She was the daughter of Stephen Zápolya, Palatine of Hungary and Count of Szepes, and the Polish princess Hedwig of Cieszyn of the Piast dynasty. Barbara was a younger sister of John Zápolya, the future King of Hungary. The family was well known for their wealth: Stephen had more than 70 castles in Hungary and Slovakia. Her father died in 1499, lea...
In April 1511, Sigismund sent Piotr Tomicki as his envoy to Hungary. Tomicki informed King Vladislaus that his brother sought to wed a Hungarian noblewoman and asked for his assistance in locating a suitable candidate. Vladislaus' trusted physician, bribed by the Polish delegation, suggested Barbara Zápolya and Vladislaus agreed. The ruse worked to...
Despite the age difference, the marriage was happy. The couple traveled together, even when Barbara was late in her pregnancy. Their first daughter Hedwig was born on 15 March 1513 in Poznań. After two months, Sigismund and Barbara departed towards Vilnius to attend to the renewed war with the Grand Duchy of Moscow. The two-month-old Hedwig was sen...
- 8 February 1512 – 2 October 1515
- 2 October 1515 (aged 19–20), Kraków
- 8 February 1512, Wawel Cathedral
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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.
The Szapolyai or Zápolya family was a noble family in the Kingdom of Hungary in the second half of the 15th century and in the early 16th century.
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