Barbara Radziwiłł, queen of Poland (died 1551)

Barbara Radziwiłł

Queen consort of Poland and Grand Duchess consort of Lithuania from 1548 to 1551

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, a great beauty and already widowed, became a royal mistress most likely in 1543 and they married in secret…