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Sophia Jagiellonica

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Sophia Jagiellonica

Birth
Kraków, Miasto Kraków, Małopolskie, Poland
Death
28 May 1575 (aged 52)
Schöningen, Landkreis Helmstedt, Lower Saxony, Germany
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Wolfenbüttel, Landkreis Wolfenbüttel, Lower Saxony, Germany Add to Map
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Royalty. She was born the second daughter of Sigismund I and Bona Sforza. On February 22nd, 1556 she married Heinrich II von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel. After her husbands death she retired to her property in Schöningen. In 1570 she converted to protestantism and is the first and only protestant in the Jagiello dynasty.
Royalty. She was born the second daughter of Sigismund I and Bona Sforza. On February 22nd, 1556 she married Heinrich II von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel. After her husbands death she retired to her property in Schöningen. In 1570 she converted to protestantism and is the first and only protestant in the Jagiello dynasty.

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  • Created by: Lutetia
  • Added: Jul 12, 2014
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/132713104/sophia-jagiellonica: accessed ), memorial page for Sophia Jagiellonica (13 Jul 1522–28 May 1575), Find a Grave Memorial ID 132713104, citing Hauptkirche Beatae Mariae Virginis, Wolfenbüttel, Landkreis Wolfenbüttel, Lower Saxony, Germany; Maintained by Lutetia (contributor 46580078).