 Sigismund I's unwillingness to move toward the implementation of the reformers' goals negatively affected the country's financial and defensive capabilities.The relationship with "szlachta" had only gotten worse during the early years of the reign of Sigismund II Augustus and remained bad until 1562.Sigismund Augustus' secret marriage with Barbara Radziwiłł in 1547, before his accession to the throne, was strongly opposed by his mother Bona and by the magnates of the Crown.