Sigismund II Augustus

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Grand Duke of Lithuania Jagiellonian dynasty member King of Poland human

Sigismund II Augustus was the last Jagiellonian king of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, known for overseeing the Union of Lublin that created the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Sigismund II Augustus canonical	24
Sigismund II Augustus of Poland	1
Sigismund II Augustus of Poland (through marriage ties and succession context)	1
Zygmunt II August	1

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Grand Duke of Lithuania ⓘ Jagiellonian dynasty member ⓘ King of Poland ⓘ human ⓘ
burialPlace	Wawel Cathedral ⓘ
coReignEndAsCoKing	1548 ⓘ
coReignStartAsCoKing	1529 ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Grand Duchy of Lithuania ⓘ Kingdom of Poland ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1520-08-01 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1572-07-07 ⓘ
era	Renaissance ⓘ
father	Sigismund I the Old ⓘ
givenName	Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ surface form: Sigismund
knownFor	overseeing creation of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ strengthening Polish–Lithuanian political union ⓘ
lastMonarchOfDynasty	Jagiellonian dynasty ⓘ surface form: Jagiellon dynasty in Lithuania Jagiellonian dynasty ⓘ surface form: Jagiellon dynasty in Poland
memberOfDynasty	Jagiellonian dynasty ⓘ surface form: Jagiellon dynasty
monarchOf	Grand Duchy of Lithuania ⓘ Kingdom of Poland ⓘ
mother	Bona Sforza ⓘ
nobleTitle	Grand Duke of Lithuania ⓘ King of Poland ⓘ
notableEvent	Union of Lublin ⓘ
patronage	Renaissance culture in Poland and Lithuania ⓘ arts ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Kingdom of Poland ⓘ Kraków ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Kingdom of Poland ⓘ Knyszyn ⓘ
positionHeld	Grand Duke of Lithuania ⓘ King of Poland ⓘ co-king of Poland ⓘ
predecessor	Sigismund I the Old ⓘ
regnalName	Sigismund II Augustus self-link ⓘ
reignEnd	1572 ⓘ
reignStart	1548 ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
residence	Vilnius ⓘ Wawel Castle in Kraków ⓘ surface form: Wawel Castle
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
sibling	Anna Jagiellon ⓘ Catherine Jagiellon ⓘ Isabella Jagiellon ⓘ Sigismund II Augustus’s unnamed brothers (deceased in infancy) ⓘ Sophia Jagiellon ⓘ
signed	Union of Lublin ⓘ
spouse	Barbara Radziwiłł ⓘ Elizabeth of Austria ⓘ surface form: Catherine of Austria Elizabeth of Austria ⓘ
successor	Henry III of France ⓘ
yearOfUnionOfLublin	1569 ⓘ

Referenced by (27)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Poland-Lithuania in the early modern period → hasNotableRuler → Sigismund II Augustus ⓘ

Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth → notableRuler → Sigismund II Augustus ⓘ

Jagiellonian dynasty → member → Sigismund II Augustus ⓘ

Sigismund II Augustus → regnalName → Sigismund II Augustus self-link ⓘ

Sigismund I the Old → child → Sigismund II Augustus ⓘ

Sigismund I the Old → successor → Sigismund II Augustus ⓘ

Kingdom of Poland → notableRuler → Sigismund II Augustus ⓘ

King of Poland → positionHeldBy → Sigismund II Augustus ⓘ

Grand Duke of Lithuania → titleHolder → Sigismund II Augustus ⓘ

Livonian War → belligerentCommander → Sigismund II Augustus ⓘ

Union of Lublin → signatory → Sigismund II Augustus ⓘ

Union of Lublin → monarchDuringUnion → Sigismund II Augustus ⓘ

Stanisław Żółkiewski → monarchServed → Sigismund II Augustus ⓘ

Catherine Jagiellon → sibling → Sigismund II Augustus ⓘ

Jagiellonian coat of arms → usedBy → Sigismund II Augustus ⓘ

Zygmunt → hasNotableBearer → Sigismund II Augustus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zygmunt II August

Barbara Radziwiłł → spouse → Sigismund II Augustus ⓘ

Barbara Radziwiłł → secondHusband → Sigismund II Augustus ⓘ

Barbara Radziwiłł → monarchDuringConsortship → Sigismund II Augustus ⓘ

Bona Sforza → child → Sigismund II Augustus ⓘ

Anna Jagiellon → sibling → Sigismund II Augustus ⓘ

Isabella Jagiellon → sibling → Sigismund II Augustus ⓘ

Sophia Jagiellon → relative → Sigismund II Augustus ⓘ

Duchy of Livonia → establishedBy → Sigismund II Augustus ⓘ

Duchy of Livonia → ruler → Sigismund II Augustus ⓘ

Northern Seven Years' War → hasParticipant → Sigismund II Augustus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sigismund II Augustus of Poland

Vasa dynasty → hasMonarch → Sigismund II Augustus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sigismund II Augustus of Poland (through marriage ties and succession context)