- Isabella Jagiełło
Isabella Jagiellon ( _hu. Izabella királyné; _pl. Izabella Jagiellonka;
18 January ,1519 –15 September ,1559 ) was a Queen of Hungary and the consort ofJohn Zápolya .Born in
Kraków to KingSigismund I of Poland andBona Sforza , Princess ofMilan , Isabella was brought up in the Polish royal court. Her mother taught her the Italian language andRenaissance culture, so she became an educated young lady, who spoke four languages.In 1539 Isabella was married to the claimant of the Hungarian throne,
John Zápolya . Their sonJohn II Sigismund Zápolya was born on8 July ,1540 . Her husband died two weeks after the child was born, and from this time on Isabella began her struggle to keep the Hungarian throne as a widow queen and the guardian of her child, who was elected electus rex in the meantime.In 1541, after the reoccupation of
Buda , Isabella went toTransylvania on the order of SultanSuleiman the Magnificent , where she reigned with her child over the territories under her authority. However, the real governor was the appointedGeorge Martinuzzi . In the summer of 1551 she left Transylvania, which fell into the hands of Ferdinand of Austria in accordance with the treaty ofNyírbátor .According to a legend, when Isabella stopped to have a rest at the gates of
Meszes , she cut the abbreviation of her slogan into the bark of an old oak tree: SFV – "Sic fata volunt," i.e. it is the will of fate. By the request of the Hungarian orders she returned to the country together with her child and her advisor,Mihály Csáky , in the autumn of 1556. After this Isabella set up her Transylvanian chancellery with the help of Mihály Csáky, and the new state started to function. She reigned in the new state with her son until her death inAlba Iulia in 1559.Ancestors
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1= Isabella Jagiellon
2=Sigismund I the Old
3=Bona Sforza
4=Casimir IV Jagiellon
5= Elisabeth of Austria
6=Gian Galeazzo Sforza
7=Isabella of Naples
8=Jogaila
9=Sophia of Halshany
10=Albert II of Germany
11=Elisabeth II of Bohemia
12=Galeazzo Maria Sforza
13=Bona of Savoy
14=Alfonso II of Naples
15=Ippolita Maria Sforza External links
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