Marriages
| Wives of Sigismund II Augustus |
|---|
| Elisabeth of Austria |
| Barbara Radziwiłł |
| Catherine of Austria |
He married three times:
- On 5 May 1543, Sigismund married his first wife Elisabeth of Austria ( 9 July 1526 – 15 June 1545), eldest daughter of Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor and Anna of Bohemia and Hungary. In 1546, he was pursuing marriage with Mary Tudor, daughter of Henry VIII of England and then the noblewoman, Katherine Willoughby, Duchess of Suffolk.
- Between 28 July and 6 August 1547, Sigismund married his second wife Barbara Radziwiłł (6 December 1520 – 8 May 1551).
- In the summer of 1553, Sigismund married Catherine of Austria (15 September 1533 – 28 February 1572), a younger sister of his first wife.
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