Isabella Jagiellon
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Isabella Jagiellon was a princess of the Kingdom of Poland and of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and later also the Queen consort of Hungary. She was the oldest child of Sigismund I the Old, King of Po
Portrait by Lucas Cranach the Younger, 1553
19th-century depiction of Isabella by Miklós Barabás
Portrait of John Zápolya
Suleiman receives Isabella and her infant son John Sigismund in 1541
John Zápolya
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John Zápolya or Szapolyai, was King of Hungary from 1526 to 1540. His rule was disputed by Archduke Ferdinand I, who also claimed the title King of Hungary. He was Voivode of Transylvania before his c
Royal seal of Zápolya
King John Zápolya of Hungary (Nádasdy Mausoleum, 1664)
The Ottoman Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent returns the Holy Crown to John Zápolya.