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May 10, 2024 · The collection of tapestries from the unique collection of Sigismund II Augustus, made in Brussels in the mid-16th century, are the most valuable of all the works of art displayed here. It is the largest collection of tapestries in the world to be made to the commission of just one ruler.
May 24, 2024 · Zygmunt II August. Polish: król Zygmunt II August, Lithuanian: karalius Žygimantas II Augustas. Birthdate: August 01, 1520. Birthplace: Kraków, Kraków, Małopolskie, Poland. Death: July 07, 1572 (51) Knyszyn, Mońki, Podlaskie, Poland.
Barbara Radziwiłł (c.1520-1551) was Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania as consort of Sigismund II Augustus, the last male monarch of the Jagiellon dynasty. Barbara, a great beauty and already widowed, became a royal mistress most likely in 1543 and they married in secret in July or August 1547.
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May 10, 2024 · The obverse features Frederick Augustus II, Prince Elector of Saxony from 1733-1763. He is more widely known by the title of Augustus III, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, a title he had from 1734-1763.
May 10, 2024 · Sigismund II Augustus I (Polish: Zygmunt II August, Ruthenian: Żygimont III Awgust I, Belarusian: Жыгімонт Аўгуст; Lithuanian: Žygimantas III Augustas I, German: Sigismund II. August ) (1 August 1520 – 7 July 1572) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, the only son of Sigismund I the Old, whom Sigismund II succeeded ...
May 14, 2024 · Sigismund II Augustus, Half-penny 1548, Vilnius, Arabic 1, minted Sigismund II Augustus, Half-penny 1549, Vilnius, mint, small chase, simple shield Sigismund II Augustus, Half-penny 1550, Vilnius, minted
May 9, 2024 · Augustus II (born May 12, 1670, Dresden, Saxony [Germany]—died February 1, 1733, Warsaw, Poland) was the king of Poland and elector of Saxony (as Frederick Augustus I). Though he regained Poland’s former provinces of Podolia and Ukraine, his reign marked the beginning of Poland’s decline as a European power.
