John Sigismund Zápolya
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John Sigismund Zápolya or Szapolyai was King of Hungary as John II from 1540 to 1551 and from 1556 to 1570, and the first Prince of Transylvania, from 1570 to his death. He was the only son of John I,
Engraving by Dominicus Custos, c. 1600
The Ottoman Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent receives Queen Isabella and John Sigismund at Buda on 29 August 1541
John Sigismund (Klebebände, 1566)
John Sigismund's realm around 1550
Stephen Báthory
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Stephen Báthory was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania as well as Prince of Transylvania, after previously being Voivode of Transylvania.
John Sigismund Zápolya
…of Speyer in 1570. Thereafter, he styled himself "Prince of Transylvania and Lord of Parts of the Kingdom of Hungary". He died childless. The Catholic Stephen Báthory succeeded him. John Sigismund's father, John Zápolya, was the wealthiest Hungarian lord in the early 16th century. After the Ottoman Sultan, Suleiman…
A 19th-century copy of a portrait attributed to Martin Kober representing Stephen Báthory in decorative Sarmatian attire
Personal coat of arms
Stephen Báthory as King of Poland with a Mannerist crown from about 1584, most probably created for him in Gdańsk after Willem van den Blocke's design.
Blade of the blessed sword received by Stephen Báthory in 1580 from Pope Gregory XIII for his struggles against Turks and Tatars. It was deposited in the royal treasury in Kraków.