Bona Sforza, ardent opponent of the Habsburgs, supported Zápolya and tried to convince her husband Sigismund to provide military support and Isabella's hand. Zápolya had sustained his claim only by gaining support from and becoming vassal of the Ottoman Empire. The parties were engaged in the Little War in Hungary. When Louis II of Hungary was killed in the Battle of Mohács in 1526, Hungary was divided between pro-Habsburg Royal Hungary and pro-Zápolya Eastern Hungarian Kingdom. Īround 1531, a plan emerged to wed Isabella to John Zápolya, Voivode of Transylvania and King of Hungary. When Habsburgs wanted to stop the proposed marriage between Isabella and John Zápolya, they proposed Ludovico, eldest son of Charles III, Duke of Savoy, but he died in 1536. In 1530, he proposed Maximilian, eldest son of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria, but they refused as Isabella was eight years older than the groom. Bona then proposed Federico II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, but he chose Margaret Paleologa as she brought March of Montferrat as her inheritance. However, Sigismund refused as the duchy was contested and Francesco's hold was tenuous. Isabella of Naples, Isabella's grandmother, sent envoys to Poland to propose marriage to Francesco II Sforza, newly installed Duke of Milan. But this alliance failed after Francis was taken prisoner in the Battle of Pavia. In 1524, Hieronymus Łaski negotiated an anti-Turkish alliance with the French among the provisions was marriage of Isabella and Henry, second son of Francis I.
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She hoped that King of France would install his son and Isabella in the Duchy of Milan which Bona claimed as her inheritance. Sigismund supported Charles V, but Bona continued to pursue a French marriage for Isabella. In March 1519, when Isabella was just a two-month-old baby, French envoys proposed to marry Isabella with a future son of Francis I of France in exchange for Sigismund's support in the upcoming elections for the Holy Roman Emperor. Isabella received a good education, including from humanist Johannes Honter, and she could speak and write four languages: Polish, Latin, German, and Italian (her mother's native language). This episode foreshadowed future family relationships: Bona Sforza favored her oldest daughter, arranging her marriage early, while the other three daughters were neglected and married late. During the latter visit her three younger sisters were left in Kraków. She also lived in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in 1527––36. She spent most of her childhood at Wawel Castle in Kraków and the hunting castle in Niepołomice. She returned in October 1556 and ruled as her son's regent until her death in September 1559.īiography Early life and marriage plans īorn in Kraków on 18 January 1519, Isabella was the oldest child of King Sigismund I the Old and his Italian wife Bona Sforza. Sultan Suleiman retaliated and threatened to invade Hungary in 1555–56 forcing nobles to invite Isabella back to Transylvania. She returned to her native Poland to live with her family. Ferdinand, however, never renounced his claims to reunite Hungary and conspired with Bishop George Martinuzzi who forced Isabella to abdicate in 1551. The region developed as a semi-independent buffer state noted for its freedom of religion.
Her husband's death sparked renewed hostilities but Sultan Suleiman established her as a regent of the eastern regions of the medieval Kingdom of Hungary on behalf of her infant son. She spent the rest of her life embroiled in succession disputes on behalf of her son. While Isabella's marriage lasted only a year and a half, it did produce a male heir – John Sigismund Zápolya born just two weeks before his father's death in July 1540. At the time Hungary was contested between Archduke Ferdinand of Austria who wanted to add it to the Habsburg domains (see Royal Hungary), local nobles who wanted to keep Hungary independent (see Eastern Hungarian Kingdom), and Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent who saw it as a vassal state of the Ottoman Empire (see also Little War in Hungary). In 1539, she married John Zápolya, Voivode of Transylvania and King of Hungary. She was the oldest child of Polish King Sigismund I the Old, the Grand Duke of Lithuania and his Italian wife Bona Sforza. Isabella Jagiellon (Hungarian: Izabella királyné Polish: Izabela Jagiellonka 18 January 1519 – 15 September 1559) was the Queen consort of Hungary.
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