Barbara Zápolya
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 Hungary. The alliance was short-lived as the renewed Muscovite–Lithuanian War forced Sigismund to look for Habsburg allies. The marriage was loving, but short. Barbara was the mother of Hedwig, Electress of Bradenburg, but died soon after the birth of her second daughter Anna.
| Barbara Zápolya | |
|---|---|
Portrait by Lucas Cranach the Elder, c. 1510-1512 | |
| Queen consort of Poland Grand Duchess consort of Lithuania | |
| Tenure | 8 February 1512 – 2 October 1515 |
| Coronation | 8 February 1512 Wawel Cathedral |
| Born | 1495 Trencsén, Kingdom of Hungary (most likely) |
| Died | 2 October 1515 (aged 19–20) Kraków |
| Burial | 18 October 1515 Wawel Cathedral |
| Spouse |
Sigismund I of Poland
(m. 1512) |
| Issue | Hedwig, Electress of Bradenburg Anna of Poland |
| House | Zápolya |
| Father | Stephen Zápolya |
| Mother | Hedwig of Cieszyn |
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