Stephen Zápolya ( hu, Szapolyai István; died on 23 December 1499), was

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of the

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between 1492 and 1499. He married Polish princess

Hedwig of Cieszyn Hedwig of Cieszyn ( pl, Jadwiga cieszyńska, hu, Hedvig tescheni hercegnő) (1469 – 6 April 1521) was a Polish people, Polish princess. She was the only child of Przemyslaus II, Duke of Cieszyn, Przemysław II, Duke of Cieszyn by his wife Anna, ...

on 11 August 1483 (his second marriage), by whom he had four children: * János Zápolya (2 June 1487 – 22 July 1540), later

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; *

George Zápolya Count George Zápolya de Szepes ( hr, Juraj Zapolja, hu, Szapolyai György or Zápolya György, ro, Gheorghe Zápolya, sk, Juraj Zápoľský; c. 1488 – 29 August 1526) was a Hungarian magnate, son of Palatine Stephen Zápolya and younger bro ...

(ca. 1494 – 29 August 1526), killed in action at

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; *

Barbara Zápolya Barbara Zápolya ( hu, Szapolyai Borbála, 1495–1515) was Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania as the first wife of King Sigismund I the Old from 1512 to 1515. Marriage to Barbara represented an alliance between Sigismund and the ...

(1495 – 2 October 1515), queen consort of Poland after her marriage to Sigismund I the Old; * Magdalena Zápolya (b. ca. 1499 – 1499), died young. He was buried in the Zápolya family vault on the Szepes chapter house.

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