Bona Sforza
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Person
- Born
- 1494-02-02
- Died
- 1557-11-20
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
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- Worldwide Human Relationships Inferred from Genome-Wide Patterns of Variation
· 2008 · cited 1,688x
- The ATLAS Experiment at the CERN Large Hadron Collider
· 2008 · cited 1,572x
- Model equations for long waves in nonlinear dispersive systems
· 1972 · cited 1,454x
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Key facts
- Tenure
- 18 April 1518 – 1 April 1548
- Coronation
- 18 April 1518 , Kraków , Poland
- Predecessor
- Isabella
- Successor
- None (annexed by Naples )
- Born
- 2 February 1494, Vigevano , Duchy of Milan
- Died
- 19 November 1557 (1557-11-19) (aged 63), Bari , Kingdom of Naples
- Burial
- Basilica di San Nicola
- Spouse
- Sigismund I of Poland ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1517 ; died 1548 )
- Issue
- Isabella, Queen of Hungary Sigismund II Augustus, King of Poland Sophia, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg Anna, Queen of Poland Catherine, Queen of Sweden Albertus, Prince of Poland
- House
- Sforza
- Father
- Gian Galeazzo Sforza
- Mother
- Isabella of Aragon
Key dates
- Born
- 2 February 1494
- Died
- 20 November 1557
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Poland
- Place of birth
- Vigevano
- Place of death
- Bari
- Spouse
- Sigismund I the Old
- Father
- Gian Galeazzo Sforza
- Mother
- Isabella of Naples
- Sibling
- Francesco Sforza
- Occupation
- art collector
Article
Bona Sforza (2 February 1494 – 19 November 1557) was Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania as the second wife of Sigismund the Old, and Duchess of Bari and Rossano in her own right. She was a surviving member of the powerful House of Sforza, which had ruled the Duchy of Milan since 1450.
Smart, energetic and ambitious, Bona became heavily involved in the political and cultural life of the Polish–Lithuanian union. To increase state revenue during the Chicken War, she implemented various economic and agricultural reforms, including the far-reaching Wallach Reform in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. In foreign policy, she allied with the Ottoman Empire and sometimes opposed the Habsburgs. Her descendants became beneficiaries of the Neapolitan sums, a loan to Philip II of Spain that was never completely paid.