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- On 8 December 1506, during the session of the Polish Senate in Piotrków, Sigismund was elected King of Poland.
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On 8 December 1506, during the session of the Polish Senate in Piotrków, Sigismund was elected King of Poland. He arrived in Kraków on 20 January 1507 and was crowned four days later in Wawel Cathedral by Primate Andrzej Boryszewski.
- 7 July 1548, Wawel Cathedral, Kraków
- Elisabeth of Austria
Apr 8, 2024 · Born: Jan. 1, 1467. Died: April 1, 1548, Kraków, Pol. (aged 81) Title / Office: 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.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Succeeded his brother in Poland and Lithuania Jagiellon: King Sigismund II Augustus Polish: Zygmunt II August 1 April 1548 – 7 July 1572 (24 years, 98 days) 1 August 1520 Kraków
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- Stanislaus II Augustus
- c. 960 (First Christian Duke)
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. He was the first Polish sovereign from the House of Vasa.
- 19 August 1587 – 30 April 1632
- Catherine Jagiellon
Apr 8, 2024 · Sigismund II Augustus (born Aug. 1, 1520, Kraków, Pol.—died July 7, 1572, Knyszyn) was the last Jagiellon king of Poland, who united Livonia and the duchy of Lithuania with Poland, creating a greatly expanded and legally unified kingdom. The only son of Sigismund I the Old and Bona Sforza, Sigismund II was elected and crowned coruler with ...
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Apr 30, 2024 · Sigismund III Vasa (born June 20, 1566, Gripsholm, Swed.—died April 30, 1632, Warsaw, Pol.) was the king of Poland (1587–1632) and of Sweden (1592–99) who sought to effect a permanent union of Poland and Sweden but instead created hostile relations and wars between the two states lasting until 1660.
Under pressure from his parents, King Sigismund I the Old and Bona Sforza, Sigismund was made grand duke of Lithuania and elected king of Poland (coronation on 20 February 1530) in his father's lifetime, which was contrary to the law then in force.
