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Barbara Radziwiłł
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Key facts
- Tenure
- 17 April 1548 – 8 May 1551
- Coronation
- 7 December 1550
- Born
- 6 December, 1520 or 1523, Vilnius or Dubingiai , Grand Duchy of Lithuania
- Died
- 8 May 1551 (aged 27 or 30), Kraków , Kingdom of Poland
- Burial
- 23 June 1551, Vilnius Cathedral
- Spouse
- Stanislovas Goštautas ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1537 ; died 1542 ) Sigismund II Augustus ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1547 )
- House
- Radziwiłł family
- Father
- Jerzy Radziwiłł
- Mother
- Barbara Kolanka
- Religion
- Roman Catholicism
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Barbara
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Grand Duchy of Lithuania
- Place of birth
- Vilnius
- Place of death
- Kraków
- Spouse
- Stanislovas Goštautas
- Father
- Jerzy Radziwiłł
- Mother
- Barbara Kola
- Occupation
- aristocrat
- Languages spoken
- Old East Slavic
- Family
- House of Radziwiłł
- Noble title
- queen
- Image
- Workshop of Lucas Cranach (II) - Barbara Radzivilia (Czartoryski Museum).jpg
- Coat of arms
- Trąby
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- place of burial
- Vilnius Cathedral
- Commons category
- Barbara Radziwiłł
- date of birth
- 1523-12-06
- date of death
- 1551-05-08
- cause of death
- cancer
- manner of death
- natural causes
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- Barbara Radziwiłł
- name in native language
- Barbara Radziwiłłówna
- social classification
- noble
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Encyclopedic overview
Barbara Radziwiłł (Polish: Barbara Radziwiłłówna, Lithuanian: Barbora Radvilaitė; 6 December 1520/23 – 8 May 1551) was Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania as the second wife of Sigismund II Augustus, the last male monarch of the Jagiellon dynasty. Barbara, already widowed and considered a great beauty, became a royal mistress most likely in 1543 and married Sigismund in secret in July or August 1547. The marriage caused a scandal and was vehemently opposed by Polish nobles, including the queen mother, Bona Sforza.
Sigismund Augustus, with the support of Barbara's cousin Mikołaj Radziwiłł the Black and her brother Mikołaj Radziwiłł the Red, worked tirelessly to gain recognition for their marriage and to crown Barbara as Queen of Poland. Their efforts succeeded, and her coronation was held on 7 December 1550 at Wawel Cathedral. However, her health was already deteriorating, and she died just five months later. Despite the brevity of her reign, Barbara's marriage propelled the Radziwiłł family to new heights of political power and influence.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Barbara Radziwiłł” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.