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Katarzyna Telniczanka

1480–1528

Born
1480
Country of birth
Kingdom of Poland, today Poland
Died
1528, Vilnius
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  • Birth1480Probable1 source
  • Death1528, VilniusProbable1 source

A life in time

  1. Born

    Birth

  2. Child born: John Jagiellon

    Birth, Kraków

  3. Child born: Regina Szafraniec

    Birth

  4. Child born: Katharina of Poland, Countess of Montfort

    Birth

  5. Died · Vilnius

    Death, Vilnius

What was it like?

The world around 1480: who ruled, who else was alive, how people lived. This is general history, not a record about the family, and every item shows where it comes from.

A simple dress, known as a suknia, was a common garment for townswomen and even affluent peasant women, with a basic version costing around 1.5 Lithuanian groschen.

Known for

Katarzyna Telniczanka (1480–1528), was a Polish noble. She was the royal mistress of king Sigismund I the Old, and the mother of three children by the monarch.

During their lifetime

  1. 1514

    Lithuanian Victory at Battle of Orsha 1514

    The Battle of Orsha on September 8, 1514, saw a Lithuanian army of 30,000 men defeat a 40,000-strong Moscow force, a major event in the ongoing 1512–1522 war.

  2. 1528

    Grand Duke Orders Military Census 1528

    In 1528, Grand Duke Sigismund the Old ordered a census of all horsemen in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania to evaluate the state's total military potential of 5,730 servicemen.

Family

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