Stephan Zápolya
Stephan (Istvan) Zápolya († in January or December 25, 1499 in Pápa , Veszprém County , Hungary) was a Hungarian magnate and voivode of Transylvania .
He was a resident of Trenčín. Zápolya was the hereditary count (superior team) of the Spiš and since 1464 the owner of the Spiš Castle . He was the general and governor of King Matthias Corvinus in Silesia , whose grandfather Woyk de Hunedoara was married to a Klara Zapolya. In December 1474 he was commissioned by King Matthias Corvinus the upper governor of Silesia and simultaneously the Governor of Erbfürstentums Świdnica and Jawor appointed. In 1483 he became governor of Lower Austria and from 1492 Palatine in the Kingdom of Hungary .
Stephan (Istvan) Zápolya was married to Johanna von Hamonna, daughter of Simon Drugeth von Hamonna (today: Humenné in eastern Slovakia); in second marriage with Hedwig (Jadwiga), a princess from the house of the Piasts , who died on April 6, 1521. She was a daughter of ( Przemysl II ), Duke of Teschen and Glogau in Silesia and Princess Anna of Mazovia .
Three children from his second marriage were:
- Johann I. (Janos) Zápolya , b. at the Spiš Castle in 1487, died in Mühlbach (Szaszsebes) near Stuhlweissenburg in Transylvania on July 21, 1540, Vojwode of Transylvania and from 1527 King of Hungary , Croatia and Dalmatia . On February 23, 1539, he married Princess Isabella of Poland (born January 18, 1519, died in Karlsburg (Gyulafehervar) September 15, 1559), regent of the Silesian Duchy of Opole and of the Silesian Duchy of Ratibor for their son Johann II Sigismund, who was then underage Zápolya after the death of the father, with whom after his death on March 14, 1571 the name bearer tribe of the Zápolya expired. His mother was a daughter of Sigmund I the Old, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania and his second wife Bona Sforza of Milan .
- Georg Zápolya, b. around 1490, heir count of the Spiš, lost his life as a Hungarian field captain in the battle of Mohács on August 29, 1526.
- Barbara Zápolya , b. 1495, died on October 2, 1515, married on February 8, 1512 as first wife to Sig (is) mund I , the old, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania .
literature
Procházka novel : Genealogical handbook of extinct Bohemian noble families , supplementary volume. Published by the board of the Collegium Carolinum (Institute) Research Center for the Bohemian Countries, R. Oldenbourg Verlag Munich 1990, ISBN 3-486-54051-3 , pages 158 and 159.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Zápolya, Stephan |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Zápolya, Istvan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Hungarian magnate, governor of Silesia |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 14th century or 15th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 25, 1499 |
| Place of death | Pápa , Hungary |