Sigismund I the Old
Sigismund I the Old (Polish: Zygmunt I Stary,
| Sigismund I the Old | |
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 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 |
| Successor | Sigismund II Augustus |
| Born | 1 January 1467 Kozienice, Poland |
| Died | 1 April 1548 (aged 81) Kraków, Poland |
| Burial | 7 July 1548 Wawel Cathedral, Kraków |
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| Dynasty | Jagiellon |
| Father | Casimir IV of Poland |
| Mother | Elisabeth of Austria |
| Religion | Catholic Church |
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Sigismund I The Old Media
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
Chicken War in 1537 by Henryk Rodakowski. Seated Sigismund is accompanied by his wife Bona Sforza and royal court whilst being surrounded by an angry mob at Lwów High Castle
Polish-Lithuanian army during the Battle of Orsha in 1514, by Hans Krell
Sigismund's halfarmour, Polish Army Museum
Queen Bona Sforza was instrumental in establishing alliances for Poland. She was known for being a notorious conspirator.
Prussian Homage, by Jan Matejko, 1882. Albrecht Hohenzollern receives the Duchy of Prussia in fief from Poland's King Sigismund I the Old, 1525
A posthumous portrait by Lucas Cranach the Younger made in around 1553
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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. 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 behalf of his brother, King Vladislaus II of Bohemia and Hungary.