Elizabeth of Austria
Polish noble
Died when: 18 years 341 days (227 months)Star Sign: Cancer
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Elizabeth of Austria (Polish: Elzbieta Habsburzanka; 9 July 1526 – 15 June 1545) was Queen of Poland by marriage.She was the eldest of fifteen children of Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor, and his wife Anne of Bohemia and Hungary.
A member of the House of Habsburg, she was married to Sigismund II Augustus, who was already crowned as King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania even though both of his parents were still alive and well.
The marriage was short and unhappy.Elizabeth was of frail health, experiencing epileptic seizures, and died at age 18.
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