sigismund the old

Allegedly Bona said, that her oldest daughter Isabella should be born as boy instead of Sigismund Augustus. Isabella was her only daughter about she cared-she saw her as continuation of her own person and had ambitious plans about her future, she wanted Isabella to be queen (and she achieved her...

Sigismund was not the most talented son of his parents (but still way better than Vladislaus) but certainly healthiest one. He inherited iron health of his grandfather (and not only this, just like his male line ancestors all the way to Algirdas, Sigismund abstained from alcohol, which was quite...

On 20 September 1527 Bona Sforza, Queen of Poland, fell from her horse during hunting party in Niepołomice Forest near Cracow. IOTL as result of that accident pregnant Bona lost her child and ability to have more. Queen herself also was close to death and was seriously ill for few weeks. So what...

In other thread I've proposed this chainn of events: That was part of challenge to make Mary Tudor wife of Sigismund Augustus. But let's ignore English part and concentrate on the bolded part instead, maybe with little modification-Anna of Bohemia and Hungary dies from some illness before...

Say Vladislaus II of Bohemia and Hungary is even less fortunate with his offspring than IOTL-his daughter Anna dies aged five and Louis is not only mentally retarded but also of poor physical health and dies in summer 1513. Due to grief king dies the same year, in September. What does it mean...