Barbara Kolanka or Barbara Kołówna h. Junosza (end of the 15th century–1550) was a Polish

noblewoman A noblewoman is a female member of the nobility. Noblewomen form a disparate group, which has evolved over time. Ennoblement of women has traditionally been a rare occurrence; the majority of noblewomen were linked to the nobility by either their ...

. She is best known as the mother of queen

Barbara Radziwiłł Barbara Radziwiłł (, ; 6 December 1520/23 – 8 May 1551) was List of Polish royal consorts, 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 b ...

and

Mikołaj "the Red" Radziwiłł Mikołaj is the Polish cognate of given name Nicholas, used both as a given name and a surname. It may refer to people: In Polish (or Polish-Lithuanian) nobility: * Mikołaj Kamieniecki, Polish nobleman and the first Grand Hetman of the Crown * ...

Biography

A direct descendant to Elisabeth of Pilcza, the

Queen consort A queen consort is the wife of a reigning king, and usually shares her spouse's social Imperial, royal and noble ranks, rank and status. She holds the feminine equivalent of the king's monarchical titles and may be crowned and anointed, but hi ...

to Ladislaus II of Poland, she was born in late 15th century to Paweł Koła (or Kola) of Dalejów and Żółtanice (1450-1509), a prominent Polish politician and his wife, Bruneta

Chodkiewicz The House of Chodkiewicz (; ) was one of the most influential Szlachta, noble families of Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Lithuanian-Ruthenians, Ruthenian descent within the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in the 16th and 17th century.Chester S. L. D ...

(1458-1550). Her father was a Chamberlain (since 1490) and

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Halicz Halych (, ; ; ; ; , ''Halitsch'' or ''Galitsch''; ) is a historic city on the Dniester River in western Ukraine. The city gave its name to the Principality of Halych, the historic province of Galicia (Halychyna), and the Kingdom of Galicia–V ...

who in 1502 rose to the rank of Voivod of Podolia. She had three older brothers, one of whom ( Jan Koła) rose to the rank of Grand Hetman of The Crown.

Marriage and issue

In ca. 1515 she married Jerzy "Herkules" Radziwiłł. They had three children: *

(1512–1584), who would later become Grand Hetman of Lithuania, married to Katarzyna Tomnicka-Lwińska h. Łodzia * Anna Elżbieta Radziwiłł (1518–1558), married marszałek of Volhynia Piotr Kiszka h. Dąbrowa (died 1550) in 1549, and later

Symeon Holszański Dubrowicki Simeon () is a given name, from the Hebrew (Biblical ''Šimʿon'', Tiberian ''Šimʿôn''), usually transliterated in English as Shimon. In Greek, it is written Συμεών, hence the Latinized spelling Symeon. It is a cognate of the name Simo ...

h. Hipocentaur. *

(1520/1523–1551), who in 1547 secretly married

king of Poland Poland was ruled at various times either by dukes and princes (10th to 14th centuries) or by kings (11th to 18th centuries). During the latter period, a tradition of Royal elections in Poland, free election of monarchs made it a uniquely electab ...

Sigismund II Augustus Sigismund II Augustus (, ; 1 August 1520 – 7 July 1572) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, the son of Sigismund I the Old, whom Sigismund II succeeded in 1548. He was the first ruler of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and t ...

and was declared the

the following year; crowned in 1550 despite protests by the

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and the Senate.

References

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