Barbara Aleksandrówna
Barbara Aleksandrówna[1] (c. 1428 between 1488 and 1492) was a princess and wife of prince Bolesław IV of Warsaw. She was the daughter of Alexander Włodzimierzowic, Grand Prince of Kiev.
Between 1440 and 1443 she married Bolesław IV of Warsaw.[2] Her husband died on September 10, 1454.[3] After death of her mother-in-law in 1458 she became a regent in the name of her minor sons Konrad III, Bolesław V, Kazimierz III, and Janusz II.[4] She usually entitled herself ducissa et gubernatrix Mazouie etc.[4]
She was buried in Nowe Miasto, Płońsk County.
Barbara and Bolesław were the great-great grandparents of Elizabeth Báthory.
Footnotes[]
References[]
- Balzer Oswald, Genealogia Piastów, Akademia Umiejętności, Kraków 1895, p. 523.
- Grabowski Janusz, Dynastia Piastów mazowieckich, Kraków 2012.
- Jasiński Kazimierz, Rodowód Piastów mazowieckich, Wydawnictwo Historyczne, Poznań – Wrocław 1998, ISSN 1509-8702, ISBN 83-913563-0-2, pp. 159–160.
Further reading[]
- Wolff Adam, Barbara ks. ruska nieznanego pochodzenia, Polski słownik biograficzny, Vol. 1, 1935.
Categories:
- Gediminids
- History of Masovia
- 15th-century Lithuanian women
- 15th-century deaths