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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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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Catherine of Austria NERFINISHED ⓘ
Elizabeth of Austria NERFINISHED ⓘ
successor Henry III of France NERFINISHED ⓘ
yearOfUnionOfLublin 1569 ⓘ

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

Sigismund I the Old → child → Sigismund II Augustus ⓘ
Jagiellonian dynasty → member → Sigismund II Augustus ⓘ
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth → notableRuler → Sigismund II Augustus ⓘ
Sigismund II Augustus → regnalName → Sigismund II Augustus self-link ⓘ
Sigismund I the Old → successor → Sigismund II Augustus ⓘ