Bona Sforza, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Bona Sforza

Queen of Poland

Date of Birth: 02-Feb-1494

Place of Birth: Vigevano, Lombardy, Italy

Date of Death: 19-Nov-1557

Profession: aristocrat, art collector

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Bona Sforza d’Aragona (2 February 1494 – 19 November 1557) was Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania.
A member of the powerful House of Sforza, which ruled the Duchy of Milan since 1447, she became the second wife of Sigismund I the Old, the King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania in 1518.
Their marriage lasted 30 years until Sigismund's death in 1548.
Ambitious and energetic, Bona became heavily involved in the political life of Poland–Lithuania.
To increase state revenue, she implemented various economic and agricultural reforms, including the far-reaching Wallach Reform in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
Her reforms made her the richest landowner in the Grand Duchy.
In foreign policy, she opposed the Habsburgs and sought to secure her eldest daughter Isabella Jagiellon in the Kingdom of Hungary.



Description	- painter, engraver and politician
Date of birth/death	4 October 1515	25 January 1586
Location of birth/death	Lutherstadt Wittenberg	Lutherstadt Wittenberg
Work period	Renaissance
Work location	Lutherstadt Wittenberg
Authority control	: Q170339 VIAF: 24706489 ISNI: 0000 0001 2277 5534 ULAN: 500017755 LCCN: n80131754 WGA: CRANACH, Lucas the Younger WorldCat