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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 from the Jagiellonian dynasty .
Zygmunt II August (ur. 1 sierpnia 1520 w Krakowie, zm. 7 lipca 1572 w Knyszynie) – wielki książę litewski od 1529, król Polski od 1530 (do 1548 koregent); ostatni dziedziczny wielki książę Litwy, syn Zygmunta I Starego i Bony Sforzy, ostatni męski przedstawiciel dynastii Jagiellonów.
Apr 8, 2024 · Zygmunt August. Born: Aug. 1, 1520, Kraków, Pol. Died: July 7, 1572, Knyszyn (aged 51) Title / Office: king (1548-1572), Poland. House / Dynasty: Jagiellon dynasty. Role In: Livonian War. Union of Lublin.
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In 1556–1557 and in 1564 the King of Poland, Zygmunt August, convened royal parliaments in Warsaw. They met in the Castle. Following the Lublin Union (1569), by which the Polish Crown and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania - were united as a single country, Warsaw Castle was regularly the place where the parliament of the Two-Nations State met.
SIGISMUND II AUGUSTUS (POLAND, LITHUANIA) (1520 – 1572; ruled 1530 – 1572), last of the Jagiellon kings of Poland and grand duke of Lithuania (from 1529). 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 ...
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 from the Jagiellonian dynasty.
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