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Stephen Zápolya

1401 - 1499

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Stephen Zápolya (Hungarian: Szapolyai István; died on 23 December 1499), was Palatine of the Kingdom of Hungary between 1492 and 1499. He married Polish princess Hedwig of Cieszyn on 11 August 1483 (his second marriage), by whom he had four children: János Zápolya (2 June 1487 – 22 July 1540), later King of Hungary; George Zápolya (ca. 1494 – 29 August 1526), killed in action at Mohács; Barbara Zápolya (1495 – 2 October 1515), queen consort of Poland after her marriage to Sigismund I the Old; Magdalena Zápolya (b. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Stephen Zápolya has received more than 32,689 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Stephen Zápolya is the 6,324th most popular politician (down from 6,019th in 2019).

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Among politicians, Stephen Zápolya ranks 6,324 out of 19,576Before him are Meles Zenawi, Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia, Miloš Jakeš, Frederick Casimir Kettler, King Nan of Zhou, and Frederick IV, Duke of Swabia. After him are Peter II, Count of Alençon, Margaret Sambiria, Takeda Sōkaku, Boran, Francisco Serrano, 1st Duke of la Torre, and Mahmud Pasha Angelović.

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Among people born in 1401, Stephen Zápolya ranks 10Before him are Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut, Catherine of Valois, Emperor Shōkō, Charles I, Duke of Bourbon, Albert III, Duke of Bavaria, and Maria of Castile, Queen of Aragon. After him are Badi' al-Zaman Mirza, Koca Davud Pasha, George Sphrantzes, Mesih Pasha, Jorge Álvares, and Pero Escobar. Among people deceased in 1499, Stephen Zápolya ranks 5Before him are Marsilio Ficino, Alesso Baldovinetti, John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg, and Bartolomeo Vivarini. After him are Paulo da Gama, Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of Warwick, Perkin Warbeck, Ambrogio Contarini, Leonardo III Tocco, and Laura Cereta.

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