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Bona Sforza is crowned as queen consort of Poland.

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Bona Sforza

Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania from 1518 to 1548

Bona Sforza was Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania as the second wife of Sigismund the Old, and Duchess of Bari and Rossano by her own right. She was a surviving member of the powerful House of Sforza, which had ruled the Duchy of Milan since 1450.
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Queen consort

Wife of a reigning king

A queen consort is the wife of a reigning king, and usually shares her spouse's social rank and status. She holds the feminine equivalent of the king's monarchical titles and may be crowned and anointed, but historically she does not formally share the king's political and…
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