Risultati di ricerca
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.
- 10 February 1574, Wawel Cathedral, Kraków, Poland
- Bona Sforza
8 apr 2024 · Jagiellon dynasty. Role In: Livonian War. Union of Lublin. 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 Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The firstborn, long-awaited royal son, and heir to the largest state in Central and Eastern Europe, almost a million kilometers long and stretching (it strokes Poles’ ego, this phrase, and we will hear more of it) from sea to sea! – writes Wojciech Stanisławski. by Wojciech Stanisławski.
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 ...
the series of ten portraits of members of the Jagiellonian dynasty was probably commissioned from Cranach the Younger by King Sigmund II Augustus. the series is now in the Czartoryskich collection, which belongs to the Nationalmuseum of Krakow [Muzeum Narodowe w Krakowie, revised 2018] Sigismund II. August, King of Poland (Zygmunt II August ...
Domestic politics under Sigismund—and even more so under his son and successor, Sigismund II Augustus (reigned 1548–72)—centered on a contest between the fast-growing magnate oligarchy and the dynamic gentry, with the rulers generally favoring the former.
Biographie de SIGISMOND II AUGUSTE JAGELLON (1520-1572) roi de Pologne (1548-1572). Fils de Sigismond I er et de Bona Sforza, Sigismond II eut l'un des règnes les plus brillants de l'histoire polonaise. La Réforme pénétra dans le pays et, en 1555, le roi proclame, en accord avec la Diète,...
