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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. [2] Her father died in 1499, leaving the family in care of Hedwig's cousin, Casimir II, Duke of Cieszyn .
- 8 February 1512 – 2 October 1515
- 2 October 1515 (aged 19–20), Kraków
- 8 February 1512, Wawel Cathedral
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 (ur. 11 lutego [3] 1490 lub 1494 – 6 , zm. 2 października 1515 w Krakowie ) – córka węgierskiego magnata i cieszyńskiej Piastówny, polska królowa i wielka księżna litewska w latach 1512–1515 jako pierwsza żona Zygmunta Starego .
- 8 lutego 1512
- Zygmunta I Starego
- od 8 lutego 1512, do 2 października 1515
- Helena Rurykowiczówna
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, leaving the family in care of Hedwig's cousin, Casimir II, Duke of Cieszyn.
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 ...
She was the daughter of a Hungarian noble, Stefan Zápolya, and Polish princess Hedwig of Cieszyn.Barbara was a younger sister of future King of Hungary János Zápolya (1487-1540). Barbara was the mother of Electress Hedwig of Brandenburg (1513-1573) and another daughter, Anna (1515-1520).
Sigismund and Barbara Zápolya married in 1512, but she died young, in 1515.2 The Zápolyas were one of the leading magnate dynasties in Hungary and belonged to the anti-Habsburg faction, so the wedding of 1512 sealed an important political alliance and was celebrated on a grand scale including literary representation.
