Bona Sforza

Bona Sforza , born on February 2nd, 1494 1 with Vigevano and dead on November 19th, 1557 1 with Bari, was queen of Poland and archduchess of the Lithuania.

Family

Girl of the duke of Milan, Jean Galéas Sforza, and Isabelle d' Aragon, it inherited the titles of duchess of Bari and princess of Rossano with died of her mother in 1524, as well as claim of the Maison of Brienne on the Royaume of Jerusalem. She was also niece of Blanche Marie Sforza, wife of the emperor Maximilien I {{er}}.

She was, in 1518, the second wife of king de Pologne, Sigismond I {{er}} '' the Old man ''. She had four children with him:

Sigismond II Auguste became king de Pologne,
Anne Jagellon which reigned on Poland with her husband Etienne Bathory after the death of his/her older brother,
Sophie, married to a German duke,
Catherine Jagellon, the junior who inherited the kingdom of Poland at the time of died of Anne and was also queen of Sweden; his/her son Sigismond Vasa became king de Suède and of Poland.

Biography

It accepted a rich and varied education, in agreement with the use of the courses royal of the time. Its principal professor was the humanistic and poet Crisostomo Colonna, member of the Accademia Pontana , which was inspired then by works of Pétrarque.

After its marriage with Sigismond, it diffuses the culture of the Italian Renaissance in Poland. She is regarded as the mother of the Polish Cuisine, having introduced the Italian Légumes into the country. She reinforced also the royal capacity by the acquisition of many fields.

In 1530, wanting to reinforce its position in the country, it succeeds in making crown his/her son Sigismond Auguste at the time of the alive one of his/her father ( vivente rege ). This woke up the fears of the nobility which, of fear of the Absolutisme, forced the Sigismond young person to promise that no crowning vivente rege would be made the alive one of a future king without the approval of the Parliament of noble ( Sejm Walny ).

After the death of her husband, it joined with the majority of Polish while being opposed to the marriage of her son with a calvinist Lithuania nne, Barbara Radziwiłł, and was suspected of having it poisoned because Barbara died shortly after the marriage.

Hostile with regard to the house of the Habsbourg, she wanted peace with the Ottoman Empire. Noble Polish revolted against it in 1556, finding inadmissible that a woman can involve herself so much in the businesses of State. She had to take refuge in Bari, in Italy, where she settled as a princess.

She was poisoned the following year, in 1557, by her secretary, Gian Lorenzo Pappacoda, which acts in the name of Philippe II of Spain, which wanted to avoid paying her considerable debts with the Polish queen.

See too

References

Family tree
the Regina Bona Sforza will tra Puglia E Polonia , Wrocław, 1987
Maria Bogucka, Bona Sforza , Wrocław, 1998
Krzysztof Zaboklicki, Lettere new (1554-1556) di Bona Sforza, Regina di Polonia, Al suo agente italiano Pompeo Lanza , Warsaw - Rome, 1998

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