Sigismund I

Sigismund I the Old (Polish: Zygmunt I Stary, Lithuanian: Žygimantas II Senasis; 1 January 1467 – 1 April 1548) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1506 until his death in 1548. Sigismund I was a member of the Jagiellonian dynasty, the son of Casimir IV and younger brother of Kings John I Albert and Alexander I Jagiellon. He was nicknamed "the Old" in later historiography to distinguish him from his son and successor, Sigismund II Augustus.

Sigismund I the Old
Portrait by Kulmbach, 1511-1518
King of Poland Grand Duke of Lithuania
8 December 1506 – 1 April 1548
24 January 1507 in Wawel Cathedral, Kraków
Predecessor	Alexander I Jagiellon
Successor	Sigismund II Augustus
Born	1 January 1467 Kozienice, Poland
Died	1 April 1548(1548-04-01) (aged 81) Kraków, Poland
Burial	7 July 1548 Wawel Cathedral, Kraków
Spouse	Barbara Zápolya (m. 1512; died 1515) Bona Sforza (m. 1517)
Issue	John of the Lithuanian Dukes, Bishop of Poznań Hedwig, Electress of Bradenburg Isabella, Queen of Hungary Sigismund II Augustus Sophia, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg Anna I of Poland Catherine, Queen of Sweden
Dynasty	Jagiellon dynasty
Father	Casimir IV of Poland
Mother	Elisabeth of Austria
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