Marriages and Issue
In 1512, Sigismund married a Hungarian noblewoman named Barbara Zápolya, with whom he had two daughters:
- Electress Hedwig of Brandenburg (1513–1573)
- Anna (1 July 1515 – 8 May 1520)
Barbara died in 1515.
In 1517, Sigismund married Bona Sforza, with whom he had:
- Queen Isabella of Hungary
- Sigismund II of Poland
- Sophia, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg
- Anna I of Poland
- Queen Catherine of Sweden
- Wojciech Olbracht
By his mistress, Katarzyna Telniczenka (d. 1528), he also fathered three children out of wedlock:
- Jan (8 January 1499–18 February 1538), Bishop of Wilen (1519) and of Posen 1536
- Regina (1500/01–20 May 1526), wed ca. 20 October 1518 Hieronim von Szafraniec, Starost of Teschen (d. 1556/59)
- Katharina (Katarzyna) (1503–before 9 September 1548) wed after 1522 George II Count von Montfort in Pfannberg (d. 1544)
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