Sigismund I the Old
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Sigismund I the Old was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1506 until his death in 1548. He was a member of the Jagiellonian dynasty, the son of Casimir IV and younger brother of Kings Jo
Portrait by Kulmbach, c. 1511–1518
Sigismund (far right) with Emperor Maximilian I and brother Vladislaus II in Vienna, 1515, woodcut by Albrecht Dürer
Sigismund grants a noble status to the professors of the Jagiellonian University, 1535, painting by Jan Matejko
Medal featuring the profile of Sigismund I, by Giovanni Maria Mosca
Sigismund II Augustus
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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
Sigismund I the Old
…brother of Kings John I Albert and Alexander Jagiellon. He was nicknamed "the Old" in later historiography to distinguish him from his son and successor, Sigismund II Augustus. Before ascending to the Polish and Lithuanian thrones, he was Duke of Głogów from 1499, Duke of Opava from 1501, and governor of Silesia from 1504 on…
Portrait by Lucas Cranach the Younger, 1553
A 1568 Lithuanian coin of Sigismund II Augustus with the coat of arms of Lithuania, Gediminas's Cap, and Columns of Gediminas
Child armour of Sigismund II Augustus, commissioned by his father-in-law Emperor Ferdinand I.
Posthumous painting of Queen Elizabeth of Austria, by Lucas Cranach the Younger.