1551
Barbara Radziwiłł, queen of Poland (born 1520)
Barbara Radziwiłł, queen of Poland (born 1520)
Barbara Radziwiłł, queen of Poland (born 1520)
Barbara Radziwiłł
Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania from 1548 to 1551
- Died
- 1551
Barbara Radziwiłł was Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania as the second wife of Sigismund II Augustus, the last male monarch of the Jagiellon dynasty. Barbara, already widowed and considered a great beauty, became a royal mistress most likely in 1543 and married Sigismund in secret in July or August 1547. The marriage caused a scandal and was vehemently opposed by Polish nobles, including the queen mother, Bona Sforza.