An old bachelor’s household: the intimate life of Prince Sigismund Jagiellonian (the later Polish King Sigismund I the Old) until his marriage to Barbara Zápolya

• Authors: Petr Kozák
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This study is devoted to the phenomenon of quasi-family relationships in the context of research into the household (and court society) surrounding an unmarried Polish prince. The intimate life of Prince Sigismund Jagiellonian, later Polish and Lithuanian King Sigismund I the Old, was analysed. At the centre were the circumstances of the prince’s cohabitation with Catherine Telniczerin, a burgher woman of Moravian origin, and the illegitimate children that came from this relationship. At the same time, the social conventions of the region and the time and their influence on the “public” form of a morganatic, illegitimate union was also examined.

Keywords

EN

Jagiellonians; Sigismund I the Old; princely household; princely court; women; family; sexuality; royal bastards

Discipline

• HISTORY: HISTORY

• Publisher: Institute of History, Czech Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Mediaevalia Historica Bohemica
• Year: 2023
• Volume: 26
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 41-54
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Petr Kozák

• Historický ústav AV ČR, v. v. i., Prosecká 809/76, 190 00 Praha 9, Czech Republic