1509) Hedwig Jagiellon

Hedwig Jagiellon (1513 – 1573). Member of the Jagiellonian dynasty as daughter of Sigismund I the Old of Poland. She was Electress of Brandenburg by marriage to Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg.

She was the eldest daughter of King Sigismund I the Old of Poland and his first wife, Hungarian Countess Barbara Zápolya, sister of the later King John I of Hungary. Her only full sibling, Anna, died at age 5. In 1515 Barbara Zàpolya died and King Sigismund remarried, and had six children with his second wife Bona Sforza. Although she grew up with her half brothers and sisters, Hedwig had personal tutors, and in the court she received the nickname of "reginula".

Her half siblings were: Anna Jagiellon,  Sophia Jagiellon, Isabella Jagiellon, Sigismund II Augustus, Catherine Jagiellon.

All paintings below are by Lucas Cranach the Elder but the last one.

 

Madonna and Child with Grapes

Madonna and Child with the Infant Saint John

Madonna and Child

Madonna lactans

Hedwig Jagiellon in a Black Dress, by Giovanni Cariani

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