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    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...
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    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...
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  • Žigmund. Saint Sigismund of Burgundy (died 523), King of the Burgundians Sigismund I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (died 1405) Sigismund I the Old King of Poland...
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  • Sigismund I may refer to: Sigismund of Burgundy (died 524), King of the Burgundians Sigismund I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (died 1405) Sigismund, Holy Roman...
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    Sigismund of Luxembourg (15 February 1368 – 9 December 1437) was Holy Roman Emperor from 1433 until his death in 1437. He was elected King of Germany...
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  • Polish złoty (category Pages using the Phonos extension)
    Copernicus and Justus Decius, king Sigismund I defined the złoty as a legal tender in the minting ordinance on 16 February 1528. The Polish monetary system stayed...
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    January 1519 – 15 September 1559) was the queen consort of Hungary. She was the oldest child of Sigismund I the Old, King of Poland, and his Italian wife...
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    Jagiellonian dynasty (category History of Poland during the Jagiellonian dynasty)
    in the distaff line as a branch of the House of Habsburg. The Polish "Golden Age", the period of the reigns of Sigismund I and Sigismund II, the last...
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    Wawel Cathedral (category Burial sites of the Jagiellonian dynasty)
    1669 and 1671 after the previous one (donated in 1512 by King Sigismund I the Old) was stolen by the Swedes in 1655. Sigismund's Chapel, or Zygmunt Chapel...
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    King Sigismund I the Old and Italian duchess Bona Sforza, Anna received multiple proposals, but remained unmarried until the age of 52. After the death...
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    Wawel Castle (category Pages using the Phonos extension)
    Behem, in bronze; it is the largest of the five bells hanging in the Sigismund Tower and was named to honour King Sigismund I the Old. It weighs almost 13...
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    Sigismund I the Old's monogram "S" Tomb monument of Sigismund I the Old and Sigismund II Augustus in the Chapel Renaissance architecture Renaissance in Poland...
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    March 1513 – 7 February 1573) was a member of the Jagiellonian dynasty as a daughter of Sigismund I the Old of Poland. She was Electress of Brandenburg...
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    During the reign of Casimir IV Jagiellon and Sigismund I the Old, culture flourished and cities developed. This era of progress, also known as the Polish...
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    Cracow and family (1563) John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony (1578) Sigismund I the Old (ca. 1553) Sigismund II Augustus (1553) Elizabeth Habsburg, Queen...
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    for the Europe of that time. The European Renaissance as fostered by the last Jagiellonian Kings Sigismund I the Old (r. 1506–1548) and Sigismund II Augustus...
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    ordered by Sigismund I the Old. It is believed that the reconstruction was made for the proclamation ceremonies of Sigismund II Augustus, the only son of...
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    Lithuania as the first wife of King Sigismund I the Old from 1512 to 1515. Marriage to Barbara represented an alliance between Sigismund and the House of...
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  • Prussia by paying the Prussian Homage as vassal to his uncle, Polish king Sigismund I the Old. After the Second Peace of Thorn (1466), the Teutonic Order...
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    Marcin Kromer (category Diplomats of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth)
    in the Kingdom of Poland and later in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. He was a personal secretary to two Kings of Poland, Sigismund I the Old and...
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    House of Sforza (redirect from The Sforza)
    "Observations on the Sforza Triptych in the Brussels Museum". The Burlington Magazine. 113 (818) – via JSTOR. "Sigismund I | king of Poland | Britannica". de...
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    economic and cultural power during the era of the Renaissance in Poland, during the reign of King Sigismund I the Old (reigned 1506–1548). He was a popular figure;...
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    Bona Sforza (category Burials at the Basilica di San Nicola)
    Lithuania as the second wife of Sigismund the Old, and Duchess of Bari and Rossano by her own right. She was a surviving member of the powerful House...
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    nobles. At the suggestion of Martin Luther, Albert agreed that Prussia should submit to Poland and become Protestant. King Sigismund I the Old of Poland...
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    the scheme before their uncle, Sigismund I the Old of Poland. After some delay Sigismund assented to the offer, with the provision that Prussia should...
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    John married Isabella Jagiellon, the 22-year-old daughter of Sigismund I the Old, King of Poland, on 2 March 1539. The humanist scholars Paolo Giovio and...
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    because Queen Bona Sforza, who was Italian and married Polish King Sigismund I the Old in 1518, introduced this concept to Polish cuisine. A włoszczyzna...
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    Protestant, but young Sigismund was raised Catholic. His Polish connection came through his mother, daughter of Sigismund I the Old, and the Jagiellonian dynasty...
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    Nicolaus Copernicus (category Pages using the Phonos extension)
    John I Albert, Alexander Jagiellon, and Sigismund I the Old. He was a friend and key advisor to each ruler, and his influence greatly strengthened the ties...
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  • Gamrat was royal secretary to Sigismund I the Old Marcin Kromer was royal secretary to Sigismund I the Old and to Sigismund II Augustus Stanislaw Bojanowski...
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