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5 days ago · The king was the source of law (usually in tandem with the Sejm, though some decrees did not require the Sejm’s assent), supreme judge, chief executive, and supreme commander, free to declare war and peace. He ruled Lithuania as a hereditary domain.
Jun 10, 2024 · Sigismund III Vasa (Polish: Zygmunt III Waza, Lithuanian: Žygimantas Vaza; 20 June 1566 – 30 April 1632 N.S.) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1587 to 1632 and, as Sigismund, King of Sweden and Grand Duke of Finland from 1592 to 1599.
Jun 8, 2024 · King Sigismund of Luxembourg (King 1387–1437, Emperor 1433–1437), son of Emperor Charles IV, not only won the hand of the daughter of King Louis the Great of Hungary and became King of Hungary in 1387 but also inherited the oppressive legacy of the Ottoman threat.
4 days ago · Poland - Augustus II, Baroque, Enlightenment: A personal union with Saxony, where Augustus II was a strong ruler, seemed at first to offer some advantages to Poland. A king with a power base of his own might reform the Commonwealth, which was still a huge state and potentially a great power.
5 days ago · The palatine was appointed by the king with the approval of the nobility (natio Hungarica). During Sigismund’s long absences from Hungary, the palatine represented the king and also acted as intermediary between him and the people. But these were only palliatives against bitterly felt abuses.
6 days ago · Bona Sforza (2 February 1494 or 2 February 1493 – 19 November 1557) was a member of the powerful Milanese House of Sforza. In 1518, she became the second wife of Sigismund I the Old, the King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, and became the Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania.
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6 days ago · The Ascanian line of Saxe-Wittenberg became extinct with the death of Elector Albert III in 1422, whereafter Emperor Sigismund bestowed the country and electoral dignity upon Margrave Frederick IV of Meissen, who had been a loyal supporter in the Hussite Wars.
