She was born in a family of the most powerful Lithuanian magnates Radziwill: her father was Yuri Radziwill, her brother was Nikolai the Red Radziwill, and her cousin was Nikolai the Black Radziwill. In 1538 (according to other sources, on May 18, 1537[3]) She married the son of the most influential Lithuanian magnate Albrecht Gashtold, the voivode of Novogrudok Stanislav, but in 1542 she became a widow.
In 1547, she secretly married the Grand Duke of Lithuania, Sigismund Augustus. The secret marriage was organized by Barbara's brothers Nikolai Red and Nikolai Black. Soon after the ceremony, the newlyweds separated for six months — the king went to the diet in the hope of obtaining permission for this marriage, and Barbara was sent to the ancestral castle in Dubinki (modern Dubingiai). The newlyweds kept in touch by sending each other letters and small gifts. From Barbara's stay in the Clubs, there are touching letters that testify to her education and breadth of interests.
In 1548, Sigismund Augustus, who inherited the Polish throne after the death of Sigismund the Old, officially announced his marriage and demanded that Barbara Radziwill be recognized as the Polish queen. This was fiercely resisted by the mother of King Bona Sforza and the Polish nobles, who feared the dominance of the Radziwills-supporters of full independence of Lithuania from Poland. Only on May 7, 1550, in Krakow, Barbara was crowned, but soon fell ill and died on May 8, 1551. It has been hypothesized that she was poisoned by Bona.
In the "Annals of the Cracow missionaries" about Barbara Radziwill briefly written as: "For the second time, he (King Sigismund Augustus) married Barbara of the princes and the Radziwill family, once married to Gastold, who in the summer of 1546 on St. Barbara's Day in Krakow was crowned, but then in the following year 1547 unfortunately died due to a dense abscess that appeared under the navel."
She was born in a family of the most powerful Lithuanian magnates Radziwill: her father was Yuri Radziwill, her brother was Nikolai the Red Radziwill, and her cousin was Nikolai the Black Radziwill. In 1538 (according to other sources, on May 18, 1537[3]) She married the son of the most influential Lithuanian magnate Albrecht Gashtold, the voivode of Novogrudok Stanislav, but in 1542 she became a widow.
In 1547, she secretly married the Grand Duke of Lithuania, Sigismund Augustus. The secret marriage was organized by Barbara's brothers Nikolai Red and Nikolai Black. Soon after the ceremony, the newlyweds separated for six months — the king went to the diet in the hope of obtaining permission for this marriage, and Barbara was sent to the ancestral castle in Dubinki (modern Dubingiai). The newlyweds kept in touch by sending each other letters and small gifts. From Barbara's stay in the Clubs, there are touching letters that testify to her education and breadth of interests.
In 1548, Sigismund Augustus, who inherited the Polish throne after the death of Sigismund the Old, officially announced his marriage and demanded that Barbara Radziwill be recognized as the Polish queen. This was fiercely resisted by the mother of King Bona Sforza and the Polish nobles, who feared the dominance of the Radziwills-supporters of full independence of Lithuania from Poland. Only on May 7, 1550, in Krakow, Barbara was crowned, but soon fell ill and died on May 8, 1551. It has been hypothesized that she was poisoned by Bona.
In the "Annals of the Cracow missionaries" about Barbara Radziwill briefly written as: "For the second time, he (King Sigismund Augustus) married Barbara of the princes and the Radziwill family, once married to Gastold, who in the summer of 1546 on St. Barbara's Day in Krakow was crowned, but then in the following year 1547 unfortunately died due to a dense abscess that appeared under the navel."
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