Barbara Radziwiłł
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Barbara Radziwiłł was Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania as the second wife of Sigismund II Augustus, the last male monarch of the Jagiellon dynasty. Barbara, already widowed and considere
Portrait by Lucas Cranach the Younger, c. 1551
Cameo showing Queen Barbara from profile, made in 1550 by Jacopo Caraglio
Barbara Radziwiłł in coronation robes and pearls that became her signature jewelry. 18th-century copy of an original 16th-century portrait.
Death of Barbara Radziwiłł by Józef Simmler
Sigismund II Augustus
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Sigismund II Augustus was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, the son of Sigismund I the Old, whom Sigismund II succeeded in 1548. He was the first ruler of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Portrait by Lucas Cranach the Younger, 1553
A 1568 Lithuanian coin of Sigismund II Augustus with the coat of arms of Lithuania, Gediminas's Cap, and Columns of Gediminas
Child armour of Sigismund II Augustus, commissioned by his father-in-law Emperor Ferdinand I.
Posthumous painting of Queen Elizabeth of Austria, by Lucas Cranach the Younger.