Sigismund II Augustus
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 452 years ago |
Date of birth | August 1,1520 |
Zodiac sign | Leo |
Born | Krakow |
Poland | |
Date of died | July 7,1572 |
Died | Knyszyn |
Poland | |
Place of burial | Wawel Cathedral, Kraków, Poland |
Successor | Henry III of France |
Spouse | Catherine of Austria, Queen of Poland |
Children | Barbara Woroniecka |
Full name | Sigismund Augustus |
Buried | Wawel Cathedral, Kraków, Poland |
Parents | Sigismund I the Old |
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Nephew | Sigismund III Vasa |
Siblings | Anna Jagiellon |
Catherine Jagiellon | |
Great grandparent | Władysław II Jagiełło |
Sophia of Halshany | |
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ID | 720512 |
Sigismund II Augustus Life story
Sigismund II Augustus 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.