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.
Footnotes
- Grabowski, p. 363.
- Grabowski, p. 478.
- Grabowski, p. 477.
- Grabowski, p. 361.
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.
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