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Sigismund II Augustus. Sigismund II Augustus ( Polish: Zygmunt II August, Lithuanian: Žygimantas Augustas; 1 August 1520 – 7 July 1572) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, the son of Sigismund I the Old, whom Sigismund II succeeded in 1548. He was the first ruler of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and the last male monarch ...
Apr 8, 2024 · Jan Zamoyski (born March 19, 1542, Skokówka, Pol.—died June 3, 1605, Zamość) was a Polish advisor to King Sigismund II Augustus and Stephen Báthory and later an opponent of Sigismund III Vasa. He was a major force in the royal politics of Poland throughout his life.
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Sigismund Augustus was a patron of writers, a music lover, a collector of arrases, and the founder of the first large royal library in Poland. After the early death of Barbara (1551), the king, pressed by advisers who wanted to see an heir to the throne, married Catherine of Austria, daughter of the emperor Ferdinand I; this was an unhappy ...
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We recognize them on canvas, in rich velvets and with golden chains on their broad chests: Francis I, Henry VIII, Maximilian II, etc. And the same goes for the Renaissance ruler of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth: born five hundred years ago, Sigismund II Augustus, son of Sigismund I and Bona Sforza of Milan, the last of the Jagiellonian family.
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Sigismund II Augustus was born in Kraków on 1 August 1520. [3] He was the only son (he had sisters) of king Sigismund I the Old and his wife, Italian princess Bona Sforza. His great grandfather was Wladislaw II Jagiello, [4] the founder of the dynasty. Sigismund II Augustus was crowned as a child on 20 February 1530 [5] when his father was ...
