Sigismund II Augustus: Quick Facts


Facts

Also Known As Zygmunt August • Augustus I
Born August 1, 1520 • Kraków • Poland
Died July 7, 1572 (aged 51) • Poland
Title / Office king (1548-1572), Poland
House / Dynasty Jagiellon dynasty
Role In Livonian War • Union of Lublin

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Marcin Kober: Stephen Báthory
Stephen Báthory
king of Poland
Casimir III
Casimir III
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Bolesław I
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Casimir I
duke of Poland
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Mieszko I
duke and prince of Poland
Józef Piłsudski
Józef Piłsudski
Polish revolutionary and statesman
Władysław Gomułka
Władysław Gomułka
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Carel Allardt: engraving of Jan (John III) Sobieski
John III Sobieski
king of Poland
Tommaso Dolabella: Władysław IV Vasa
Władysław IV Vasa
king of Poland
Augustus II
Augustus II
king of Poland and elector of Saxony
Andrzej: Sigismund I
Sigismund I
king of Poland
Skrzyński, Aleksander
Aleksander Skrzyński
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Bolesław II
king of Poland
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Jan Zygmunt Skrzynecki
Polish general
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Józef Beck
Polish foreign minister
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Adam Rapacki
Polish diplomat
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Baldwin V
count of Flanders
Jacques-Louis David: The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries
Napoleon I
emperor of France
Detail from Charles Le Brun's painting showing Alexander the Great in profile, wearing a gold helmet with white plumes and a blue cloak, with soldiers in the background.
Alexander the Great
king of Macedonia