Elisabeth of Austria was born on 9 July 1526 as the eldest child of the future Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor, and his wife Anne of Bohemia and Hungary. Almost from birth, she was destined for the Polish throne. When she was just a few months old, her father offered her hand in marriage to [read more]
Prague Castle is not so much a castle as a complex of several buildings. The first building works began in 870 and it expanded over time. For much of the time it was not inhabited and it was largely destroyed by fire in 1541. There are four churches on the site: St. Vitus Cathedral, St. [read more]
Read part one here. The civil war that began with the death of King Andrew III of Hungary and Croatia ended two decades later with the succession of the grandson of Mary of Hungary, the sister of King Ladislaus IV of Hungary. He became King Charles I of Hungary. The amount of times he married is [read more]
Anne of Bohemia was born on 23 July 1503 as the daughter of King Vladislaus II of Bohemia and Hungary and his third wife Anne of Foix-Candale. Though Vladislaus had been married twice before, Anne and her brother Louis were his only surviving children. She was just 13 when her father died, and she and her brother [read more]
Elizabeth of Austria was born on 9 July 1526 as the eldest child of Anne of Bohemia and Hungary and Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor. Her marriage to Sigismund II Augustus was already being discussed when she was just one year old, despite this, she was never taught Polish. The marriage contract was signed in [read more]
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