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- Sigismund Augustus married three times; his first wife, Elizabeth of Austria, died in 1545 at just eighteen.
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Sigismund Augustus married three times; his first wife, Elizabeth of Austria, died in 1545 at just eighteen. He was then involved in several relationships with mistresses, the most famous being Barbara Radziwiłł, who became Sigismund's second wife and Queen of Poland in spite of his mother's disapproval.
Sometime in 1547, Sigismund Augustus and Barbara wed in secret. Neither exact date nor circumstances are known. The Lithuanian Chronicles recorded the doubtful claim that Sigismund Augustus was forced into the marriage when he was caught with Barbara by the Radziwiłł cousins. [14]
After his first wife died childless (1545), he secretly married Barbara Radziwiłł, of a Lithuanian magnate family (1547). When he announced his marriage in 1548, the szlachta (Polish gentry) tried to force an annulment because it feared the influence of the Radziwiłłs.
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Two years later, bitter and lonely, Sigismund Augustus married Elisabeth’s younger sister, Catherine of Austria, who did not give him any heirs either. Thus, once again, after the scandal with Barbara, matrimonial matters assumed primary political importance.
King Sigismund Augustus, married to Elisabeth Habsburg suffering from epilepsy and barren, during one of his trips to Lithuania meets Barbara from the Radziwiłł family. He falls in love with her so much that he is willing to marry her.
Sigismund II Augustus was crowned as a child on 20 February 1530 [5] when his father was still alive (in Latin vivente rege). [6] From 1544 he ruled in Lithuania . [ 7 ] He was married three times but remained childless. [ 8 ]
Sep 2, 2024 · Sigismund Augustus married three times; his first wife, Elizabeth of Austria, died in 1545 at just eighteen. He was then involved in several relationships with mistresses, the most famous being Barbara Radziwiłł, who became Sigismund's second wife and Queen
