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Catherine Jagiellon was born in Kraków as the youngest daughter of King Sigismund I the Old of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and his wife, Bona Sforza of Milan. Catherine was given a thorough Renaissance education by Italian tutors: she was taught to read, write and speak Latin, German and Italian, instructed in conversation, riding ...
Portrait of Catherine Jagiellon (1526-1583), daughter of King Sigismund I and Bona Sforza; through her marriage to John III of Sweden she became Duchess of Finland (1562-83), Queen of Sweden (1569-83) and Grand Princess of Finland (1581-83). Attribution. Lucas Cranach the Younger.
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Oct 18, 2015 · Ten portrait miniatures of the Jagiellon Family (Sigismund I the Old, Bona Sforza, Sigismund II Augustus, Elizabeth of Austria, Barbara Radziwiłł, Catherine of Austria, Isabella Jagiellon, Catherine Jagiellon, Sophia Jagiellon, Anna Jagiellon).
Feb 24, 2022 · In August 1563 King Eric XIV of Sweden imprisoned Catherine Jagiellon, Duchess of Finland in Gripsholm Castle. She was released in 1567, but during this four-year imprisonment she gave birth to a daughter and a son, future Sigismund III. Catherine was crowned queen of Sweden in spring of 1569, when Eric was deposed.
Nov 1, 2015 · Catherine's children--Sigismund and a daughter, Anna Vasa, born in 1568--were raised in the Catholic faith, Sigismund sent to a Jesuit institution in the Polish city of Bransberg. (After her mother's death, Anna would convert to the Lutheran faith.) As an interesting link to an institution we've discussed before, Catherine supported the now ...
Mar 14, 2022 · Catherine was a daughter and heiress of William Willoughby, 11th Baron Willoughby de Eresby, by his second wife, María de Salinas, maid-of-honour to Queen Catherine of Aragon. She and her second husband Richard Bertie (1516-1582) were of the Protestant faith and in 1555 they were forced to flee England due to the Catholic rule of Queen Mary I ...
Katarina Jagellonica. , drottning. 1526-11-01 — 1583-09-16. Queen of Sweden. Katarina Jagellonica (Catherine Jagiellon) was a Polish-Lithuanian princess who married the Swedish king Johan III. She is sometimes viewed as the only true Renaissance queen of Sweden. Her political contacts, cultural interests, and her religious convictions all ...
