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The House of Radziwiłł (Polish pronunciation: [raˈd͡ʑiviww]; Lithuanian: Radvila; Belarusian: Радзівіл, romanized: Radzivił; German: Radziwill) is a Polish princely family of Lithuanian origin, and one of the most powerful magnate families originating from the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and later also prominent in the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland. [1]
Barbara was the youngest child of Jerzy Radziwiłł, Voivode of Trakai and Vilnius and Great Lithuanian Hetman, and his wife Barbara Kolanka, daughter of Voivode of Podolia. [3] Her exact birth date is unknown. It is known that she was born on 6 December, but the year is not known.
The title "Princess of Poland" was never used. King’s daughter or royal daughter was called królewna. Princesses, in Polish księżniczka, ksiėżna were mainly used in Princely and ducal families of Poland. However, legitimate daughters of the kings and royals of Poland are also referred to and translates as Polish princesses in English ...
Sigismund II Augustus, King of Poland to Catherine of Austria, on 23 June 1533 [55] Francis II, Duke of Milan to Christina of Denmark, on 23 September 1533 [58] Frederick II of the Palatinate to Dorothea of Denmark, on 18 May 1535 [59] James V of Scotland to Mary of Guise, on 9 May 1538; Cosimo I de' Medici to Eleanor of Toledo, on 29 March 1539
Basemeth #1 – daughter of Elon, the Hittite, One of the wives of Esau. Genesis [27] Basemeth #2 – daughter of Ishmael and 3rd wife of Esau. Genesis [28] Basemeth #3 – daughter of Solomon, wife of Ahimaaz. I Kings [29] Bathsheba – wife of Uriah the Hittite and later of David, king of the United Kingdom of Israel and Judah.
The hopes for a re-united Poland were lost, and even Silesia fragmented into numerous Piast duchies under Henry II's sons. Hedwig and her daughter-in-law, Henry II's widow Anna of Bohemia, established a Benedictine abbey at the site of the battle in Legnickie Pole, settled with monks coming from Opatovice in Bohemia.
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The complete Bible was issued in 1632, and often since. [2] The Gdańsk Bible differs so much from that of Brest that it may be regarded as a new translation. It is erroneously called also the Bible of Pavel Paliurus (1569–1632) (a Moravian, senior of the Evangelical Churches in Great Poland, d. 1632); but he had no part in the work.