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Barbara Radziwiłł

1520 - 1551

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Barbara Radziwiłł (Polish: Barbara Radziwiłłówna, Lithuanian: Barbora Radvilaitė; 6 December 1520/23 – 8 May 1551) was Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania as consort 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 in July or August 1547. The marriage caused a scandal; it was vehemently opposed by Polish nobles, including Queen mother Bona Sforza. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Barbara Radziwiłł has received more than 226,314 page views. Her biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Barbara Radziwiłł is the 168th most popular companion (up from 191st in 2019), the 20th most popular biography from Lithuania (down from 19th in 2019) and the most popular Lithuanian Companion.

Barbara Radziwiłł is most famous for being the last living member of the Polish royal family. She was born in Poland but fled to France with her family after the Second World War. She was the daughter of Prince Józef Antoni Radziwiłł and Princess Cecylia Lubomirska.

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Among companions, Barbara Radziwiłł ranks 168 out of 673. Before her are Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, Yevdokiya Lopukhina, Cunigunde of Luxembourg, Charlotte of Savoy, Olga Constantinovna of Russia, and Maria Anna of Austria. After her are Brunhilda of Austrasia, María Isabella of Spain, Maria Amalia of Austria, Clarice Orsini, Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies, and Arsinoe II.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1520, Barbara Radziwiłł ranks 5. Before her are Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Pope Sixtus V, Sigismund II Augustus, and Vincenzo Galilei. After her are Koca Sinan Pasha, Christophe Plantin, Alessandro Farnese, Madeleine of Valois, Matthias Flacius, William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, and Thoinot Arbeau. Among people deceased in 1551, Barbara Radziwiłł ranks 2. Before her is Sin Saimdang. After her are Martin Bucer, Margaret Leijonhufvud, Sahib I Giray, Domenico di Pace Beccafumi, Oda Nobuhide, Sebastián de Belalcázar, Mirza Muhammad Haidar Dughlat, George Martinuzzi, and Fray Tomás de Berlanga.

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In Lithuania

Among people born in Lithuania, Barbara Radziwiłł ranks 20 out of 287. Before her are Kęstutis (1297), Eliezer Ben-Yehuda (1858), Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875), Petr Shelokhonov (1929), Antanas Smetona (1874), and Jascha Heifetz (1901). After her are Marija Gimbutas (1921), Vytautas Landsbergis (1932), Nikolai Ostrovsky (1904), Valdas Adamkus (1926), Emilia Plater (1806), and Algirdas Brazauskas (1932).

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Among COMPANIONS In Lithuania

Among companions born in Lithuania, Barbara Radziwiłł ranks 1. 

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