Barbara Zápolya

Barbara Zápolya
Queen of Poland Grand Duchess of Lithuania
Reign	1512–1515
Coronation	on 8 February 1512 in the Wawel Cathedral, Kraków, Poland
Consort	Sigismund I of Poland
Father	Stephen Zápolya
Mother	Hedwig of Cieszyn
Born	1495
Died	October 2, 1515(1515-10-02) Kraków, Poland
Burial	Wawel Cathedral, Kraków

Barbara Zápolya (1495–1515) was Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania as the first wife of king of Poland Sigismund I the Old.

She was the daughter of the Hungarian Count Stephen Zápolya,^[1] Palatine of Hungary, and the Polish princess Hedwig of Cieszyn. Barbara was a younger sister of future King of Hungary János Szapolyai.

She was the mother of Electress Hedwig of Bradenburg and Anna.^[1] After her death, Sigismund ordered the construction of the Sigismund's Chapel at Wawel Castle, where she was buried.^[2]

Ancestors

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4. László Zápolya

2. Stephen Zápolya

5. Dorothea

1. Barbara Zápolya

24. Przemyslaus I Noszak, Duke of Cieszyn

12. Boleslaus I, Duke of Cieszyn

25. Elisabeth of Bytom

6. Przemyslaus II, Duke of Cieszyn

26. Siemowit IV, Duke of Masovia

13. Euphemia of Masovia

27. Alexandra of Lithuania

3. Hedwig of Cieszyn

28. Bolesław III of Warsaw

14. Bolesław IV of Warsaw

29. Anna of Halshany

7. Anna of Warsaw

15. Barbara of Ruthenia

References

Barbara Zápolya House of Zápolya Born: 1495 Died: 2 October 1515}
Royal titles
Preceded by Helena of Moscow	Queen consort of Poland Grand Duchess consort of Lithuania 1512–1515	Succeeded by Bona Sforza

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Persondata
Name	Zapolya, Barbara
Alternative names
Short description	Queen of Poland
Date of birth	1495
Place of birth
Date of death	2 October 1515
Place of death	Kraków, Poland