Historical FigureMale
Zygmunt II August
1520 – 1572
About this person
Wikipedia SummarySigismund 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 and the last male monarch from the Jagiellonian dynasty.
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
August 1, 1520
Kraków
Date of death
July 7, 1572
Knyszyn
Citizenship
Kingdom of Poland · Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Occupations & fields
statesperson
- Field and occupation
- polský král a litevský velkokníže
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King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania and king of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth from 1587 until 1632 and King of Sweden from 1592 until 1599 (1566–1632)
