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The Death of Sigismund Augustus and succession
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Sigismund Augustus
The Death of Sigismund Augustus and succession
Children of Sigismund the Old with Bona Sforza
Isabella (January 18 1519 – 15 September 1559), married John Zápolya, King of Hungary (Eastern Kingdom)
Sigismund II Augustus (August 1, 1520 – 7 July 1572), King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania
Sophia (July 13, 1522 – 28 May 1575), married Henry V, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Anna (18 October 18, 1523 – 9 September 1596), married Stephen Báthory
Catherine (November 1, 1526 – 16 September 1583), married Louis, Prince of Bohemia
Wojciech Olbracht (born and died 20 September 1527)
On 1547, the Polish parliament are worried about that Sigismund Augustus should remarry, the third time after the death of his two wives Elizabeth of Austria and Barbara and chose to marry Marry Catherine of Austria who would be his last wife.
Louis, the younger brother of Vladislaus III of Bohemia and Hungary would later claim the throne of Poland after the death of Anna Jagiellonica since the two already have children, while Catherine Jagiellonica and Louis of Bohemia would have; Elizabeth b. 1549, Wladyslaw b. 1552, Anna b. 1560, John b. 1564, Louis II of Poland succeeded his cousin and sister in law Anna Jagiellonica in 1560.
A Swedish match was once floated for one of the daughters of Sigismund the old, but it ended with Anne of Bohemia, the daughter of Louis II of Bohemia and Hungary ended as queen of Sweden instead as wife of Eric XIV, the wife of King Eric of Sweden, and Mary of Bohemia would marry Ivan IV of Russia which would mean that the Jagiellonians, Russians and Swedes would have good relations.
Sigismund Augustus
The Death of Sigismund Augustus and succession
Children of Sigismund the Old with Bona Sforza
Isabella (January 18 1519 – 15 September 1559), married John Zápolya, King of Hungary (Eastern Kingdom)
Sigismund II Augustus (August 1, 1520 – 7 July 1572), King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania
Sophia (July 13, 1522 – 28 May 1575), married Henry V, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Anna (18 October 18, 1523 – 9 September 1596), married Stephen Báthory
Catherine (November 1, 1526 – 16 September 1583), married Louis, Prince of Bohemia
Wojciech Olbracht (born and died 20 September 1527)
On 1547, the Polish parliament are worried about that Sigismund Augustus should remarry, the third time after the death of his two wives Elizabeth of Austria and Barbara and chose to marry Marry Catherine of Austria who would be his last wife.
Louis, the younger brother of Vladislaus III of Bohemia and Hungary would later claim the throne of Poland after the death of Anna Jagiellonica since the two already have children, while Catherine Jagiellonica and Louis of Bohemia would have; Elizabeth b. 1549, Wladyslaw b. 1552, Anna b. 1560, John b. 1564, Louis II of Poland succeeded his cousin and sister in law Anna Jagiellonica in 1560.
A Swedish match was once floated for one of the daughters of Sigismund the old, but it ended with Anne of Bohemia, the daughter of Louis II of Bohemia and Hungary ended as queen of Sweden instead as wife of Eric XIV, the wife of King Eric of Sweden, and Mary of Bohemia would marry Ivan IV of Russia which would mean that the Jagiellonians, Russians and Swedes would have good relations.
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