• Royal Mint of Great Britain John Sigismund Vasa (1652), Polish prince who died shortly after birth John Sigismund Zápolya (1540–1571), King of Hungary and...
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    was the oldest child of Sigismund I the Old, King of Poland, and his Italian wife Bona Sforza. In 1539, she married John Zápolya, Voivode of Transylvania...
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    commemorated on a contemporary 200-złoty banknote. Sigismund was married twice, first to noblewoman Barbara Zápolya from Hungary and then to Bona Sforza, the daughter...
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    monk and Hungarian statesman who supported King John Zápolya and his son, King John Sigismund Zápolya. He was Bishop of Nagyvárad (now Oradea), Archbishop...
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    School. In 1993 it was reopened and renamed in 2003 after John II Sigismund Zápolya, the first prince of the Principality of Transylvania. Rezi Elek Hungarian:...
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    Elisabeth of Simmern-Sponheim, Duchess of Saxony (d. 1594) July 7 – John Sigismund Zápolya, King of Hungary (d. 1571) July 11 – Adolf of Nassau, Count of Nassau...
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  • military defeat for John Zápolya during the civil war. After the Battle of Mohács, where King Louis II of Hungary was killed, John Zápolya, Voivode of Transylvania...
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    two of his "upper-land" captains to besiege Kosztolany, namely Stephen Zápolya and Ladislaus Podmaniczky. After returning from Slavonia, the king joined...
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    brought up by the Greff family and was educated in Buda at the court of John Zápolya. Bakfark remained there until 1540, though he possibly traveled to Italy...
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    religion, so that John II Sigismund Zápolya accepted his theses and became the first Unitarian ruler. In 1567 John II Sigismund Zápolya allowed him to use his...
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  • Zápolya was distracted by a peasant uprising. Zápolya quickly turned to meet Ferdinand, but could only bring limited forces to the field. Zápolya's army...
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    the war after the death of Albert and the victories of Emeric Zápolya and Stephen Zápolya Jiskra started to explain his actions to Matthias I and sworn...
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    delegated a member, Stephen Zápolya, to the Council of Vienna but left the rest of the councillors in their position. He rewarded Zápolya with the city of Ebenfurth...
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    the Habsburg-led coalition. John Zápolya died in 1540 and was succeeded by his infant son John II Sigismund Zápolya. For much of his reign, the country...
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    Jadwiga of Kalisz the so-called "Hungarian Crown" made for John II Sigismund Zápolya according to Crown of Saint Stephen the so-called "Homagial Crown"...
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  • Unitarian theologians of the 16th century, converting Prince John Sigismund Zápolya and founding the Unitarian Church of Transylvania of which he will...
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  • 19th century politician and historian in the Kingdom of Hawaii John Sigismund Zápolya or Szapolyai (1540–1571), King of Hungary as John II, and later the...
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  • (1570–1711) (complete list) – John Sigismund Zápolya, Prince (1570–1571) Stephen Báthory, Prince (1576–1586) Sigismund Báthory, Prince (1586–1598, 1598–1599...
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    György Dózsa, which was ruthlessly crushed by the nobles, led by John Zápolya. After the Dózsa Rebellion, the brutal suppression of the peasants greatly...
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    the Turks at Tolna, voivode Istvan Báthory at Petrovaradina, and John Zápolya in Transylvania against the corps akinji under the command of Muhammad...
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    Sea ports and dethrone Stephen III in favour of John Albert's brother Sigismund. The campaign's failure greatly hindered Polish expansion into Southern...
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    eastern part of the Kingdom of Hungary on behalf of her son, John Sigismund Zápolya) was forced to leave her realm. György Bocskai accompanied Dobó to...
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    Hungarian Kingdom. During the first decades of reorganization under John Sigismund Zápolya, the region effectively used Hungary's arms, although one popular...
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    marriage with Anna of Foix-Candale in 1502. Under the reign of King John Zápolya (the last national ruler of Hungary) the palace was repaired. On the southern...
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    Empire and the medieval Kingdom of Croatia (ruled by the Jagiellon and Zápolya dynasties), and the later Habsburg Kingdom of Croatia. Besides periods...
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    allowed Zápolya's widow, Isabella Jagiellon (d. 1559), to rule the lands east of the river Tisza on behalf of her infant son, John Sigismund (r. 1540–1571)...
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    months later and put to death on December 23, 1568. July 28 – John Sigismund Zápolya, uncrowned claimant to the throne of the King of Hungary, leads an...
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    an armed intervention in Transylvania – supporting the pro-Turkish John Zápolya). Conflicts between boyar families became stringent after the rule of Pătrașcu...
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    overlord of both Moldavia and Eastern Hungary, ordered Despot and John Sigismund Zápolya to settle their differences. The monarchs complied, with Despot concealing...
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    despite his three marriages, he left only children born out of wedlock. Johann Samuel Ersch: Allgemeine Encyclopädie der Wissenschaften und Künste in alphabetischer...
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