. Pappacoda hands Bona a glass of what is supposed to be manna of
Saint Nicholas, but in fact is poison. In February 1556, Bona Sforza departed Poland to her native Italy with treasures she had accumulated in her 38 years in Poland–Lithuania. In May, she arrived in
Bari that she inherited from her mother
Isabella of Naples. There she was visited by envoys of Philip II of Spain who tried to convince her to give up the
Duchy of Bari and
Rossano in favor of the
Habsburg Spain. She refused, but
Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba, who at the time was the
Viceroy of Naples, feared a French attack and was raising money for troops (see
Italian War of 1551–59). Bona, perhaps having ambitions of becoming a Viceroy of Naples herself, agreed to lend him a huge sum of 430,000
ducats at 10% annual interest. The loan was guaranteed by custom duties collected in
Foggia. The agreements were signed on 23 September and 5 December 1556. In 1557, Bona prepared for a journey towards
Venice and from there, perhaps, back to Poland; the Habsburgs were determined to obtain Bari and Rossano. On 8 November 1557, Bona became ill with stomach ache. On 17 November, when she was losing her consciousness, her trusted courtier Gian Lorenzo Pappacoda brought notary Marco Vincenzo de Baldis who wrote her last will. This will left Bari, Rossano,
Ostuni, and
Grottaglie to Philip II of Spain and large sums to Pappacoda and his family. Her daughters would receive a one-time payment of 50,000 ducats, except
Isabella Jagiellon who was to receive 10,000 ducats annually. Her only son, King
Sigismund II Augustus, was named as the main beneficiary but at the end he would inherit only cash, jewelry, and other personal property. The next day, Bona felt better and dictated a new last will to Scipio Catapani leaving Bari and other property to Sigismund Augustus. She died in the early morning of 19 November 1557. Several of her servants (cook, page,
majordomo, scribe) died as well. ==Dispute==