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Sigismund I the Old (Polish: Zygmunt I Stary, Lithuanian: Žygimantas II Senasis; 1 January 1467 – 1 April 1548) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1506 until his death in 1548. Sigismund I was a member of the Jagiellonian dynasty , the son of Casimir IV and younger brother of Kings John I Albert and Alexander I Jagiellon .
Sigismund I the Old was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1506 until his death in 1548. Sigismund I was a member of the Jagiellonian dynasty, the son of Casimir IV and younger brother of Kings John I Albert and Alexander I Jagiellon. He was nicknamed "the Old" in later historiography to distinguish him from his son and successor, Sigismund II Augustus. Before ascending to the ...
king (1506-1548), Poland. Sigismund I (born Jan. 1, 1467—died April 1, 1548, Kraków, Pol.) was a king who established Polish suzerainty over Ducal Prussia (East Prussia) and incorporated the duchy of Mazovia into the Polish state. Sigismund I, the fifth son of Casimir IV and Elizabeth of Habsburg, had ruled Głogów, Silesia, since 1499 and ...
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Sigismund (born Feb. 15, 1368, probably Nürnberg—died Dec. 9, 1437, Znojmo, Bohemia) was the Holy Roman emperor from 1433, king of Hungary from 1387, German king from 1411, king of Bohemia from 1419, and Lombard king from 1431. The last emperor of the House of Luxembourg, he participated in settling the Western Schism and the Hussite wars in ...
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In 1410, after the death of Emperor Rupert, Sigismund was finally elected German king, that is, king of the Romans. Coronation was impeded by the wars among factions of German princes; but finally, on Nov. 8, 1414, he was crowned king at Aachen. In his new role Sigismund attempted to achieve the unity of the Empire and the Church.
Mar 2, 2024 · For dominion in the Baltic. Sigismund the Old's relations with Gdansk were not the best. The city had gained a foundation of prosperity in the second half of the 15th century, which in the 16th century and the first half of the 17th allowed it to reach the height of its wealth and become an important factor in the political, economic and even cultural affairs of the Republic.
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The 16th century is often referred to in Poland as the “golden age”. It was the time of reign of the Jagiellonian dynasty, the time of stabilisation, economic growth and blooming of culture and science. The greatest prosperity occurred during the reign of Sigismund I the Old and Sigismund II Augustus. The first one married Italian princess ...
