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Barbara Radziwiłł

1520 - 1551

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Barbara Radziwiłł (Polish: Barbara Radziwiłłówna, Lithuanian: Barbora Radvilaitė; 6 December 1520/23 – 8 May 1551) was Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania as consort of Sigismund II Augustus, the last male monarch of the Jagiellon dynasty. Barbara, a great beauty and already widowed, became a royal mistress most likely in 1543 and they married in secret in July or August 1547. The marriage caused a scandal; it was vehemently opposed by Polish nobles, including Queen mother Bona Sforza. Sigismund Augustus, assisted by Barbara's cousin Mikołaj Radziwiłł the Black and brother Mikołaj Radziwiłł the Red, worked tirelessly to gain recognition of their marriage and to crown Barbara as Queen of Poland. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Barbara Radziwiłł is the 183rd most popular companion (down from 175th in 2019), the 22nd most popular biography from Lithuania and the most popular Lithuanian Companion.

Barbara Radziwiłł is most famous for being the last living member of the Polish royal family. She was born in Poland but fled to France with her family after the Second World War. She was the daughter of Prince Józef Antoni Radziwiłł and Princess Cecylia Lubomirska.

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Among companions, Barbara Radziwiłł ranks 183 out of 784. Before her are Julie Clary, Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine, Eleanor of Austria, Queen of Poland, Sophie, Countess of Wessex, Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, and Margaret of Provence. After her are Isabella of Angoulême, Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Maria Theresa of Austria, Wahshi ibn Harb, Asiya, and Stateira I.

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Among people born in 1520, Barbara Radziwiłł ranks 5. Before her are Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Pope Sixtus V, Sigismund II Augustus, and Madeleine of Valois. After her are Alessandro Farnese, Vincenzo Galilei, Christophe Plantin, Koca Sinan Pasha, Matthias Flacius, William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, and Thoinot Arbeau. Among people deceased in 1551, Barbara Radziwiłł ranks 1. After her are Martin Bucer, Sin Saimdang, Margaret Leijonhufvud, Sahib I Giray, Sebastián de Belalcázar, Domenico di Pace Beccafumi, Oda Nobuhide, Mirza Muhammad Haidar Dughlat, George Martinuzzi, Fray Tomás de Berlanga, and Adriaen Isenbrandt.

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In Lithuania

Among people born in Lithuania, Barbara Radziwiłł ranks 22 out of 328. Before her are Dalia Grybauskaitė (1956), Antanas Smetona (1874), César Cui (1835), Valdas Adamkus (1926), Pyotr Wrangel (1878), and Jascha Heifetz (1901). After her are Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875), Friedrich Wilhelm Argelander (1799), Aaron Klug (1926), Marija Gimbutas (1921), Algirdas Brazauskas (1932), and Vytautas Landsbergis (1932).

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Among companions born in Lithuania, Barbara Radziwiłł ranks 1. 

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