Catherine Jagiellon
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Catherine Jagiellon was a princess of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Queen of Sweden from 1569 as the wife of King John III. Catherine had significant influence over state affairs during the r
Portrait by Lucas Cranach the Younger (c. 1556)
Catherine the Jagiellonian in prison, by Józef Simmler.
Portrait of Catherine and John's daughter Isabella Vasa (1564–1566), attributed to Domenicus Verwilt. The portrait is today at Wawel Castle. It is thought to have been a gift to Catherine's sister Anna Jagiellon.
Catherine's grave monument over John's family crypt in Uppsala Cathedral
Bona Sforza
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Bona Sforza was Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania as the second wife of Sigismund I the Old, and Duchess of Bari and Rossano in her own right. She was a surviving member of the powerful H
Cameo with bust of Bona Sforza, c. 1540
The Palace of the Grand Dukes (marked as number 6) in Vilnius Lower Castle in the late 16th century.
Poisoning of Queen Bona, painted in the 19th century by Jan Matejko
Tomb monument of Bona Sforza in the Basilica di San Nicola, Bari