Sigismund II Augustus (Polish: Zygmunt II August, Lithuanian: Žygimantas Augustas; 1 August 1520 – 7 July 1572) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania...

(1467–1548), Zygmunt I Stary in Polish, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania Sigismund II Augustus (1520–1572), Zygmunt II August in Polish, King...

Stanisław II August (born Stanisław Antoni Poniatowski; 17 January 1732 – 12 February 1798), known also by his regnal Latin name Stanislaus II Augustus...

of Orsza and was a trusted adviser of Queen Bona Sforza and King Zygmunt II August. He founded the cities of Janowiec and Lubartów and built castles...

Zygmunt Bauman (/ˈbaʊmən/; 19 November 1925 – 9 January 2017) was a Polish-born sociologist and philosopher. He was driven out of the Polish People's...

diplomat, Archbishop of Lwów. He was since 1564 secretary of King Zygmunt II August. He participated in the rebuild of structures of the church in Polish...

mighty Piast dynasty, consisting of both kings such as Mieszko II Lambert, Przemysł II or Władysław I the Elbow-high and dukes like Bolesław III Wrymouth...

the First Polish Army, which fought on the Eastern Front of World War II. Zygmunt Berling was born in Limanowa, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire...

After all parties had been financially drained, Frederick II let his ally, King Zygmunt II August, know that he was ready for peace. On 15 December 1570...

Sigismund III Vasa (Polish: Zygmunt III Waza, Lithuanian: Žygimantas Vaza; 20 June 1566 – 30 April 1632 N.S.) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania...

as Mikołaj "Czarny" Radziwił/ brother of Barbary Jerzy Zelnik as Zygmunt II August Bożena Adamek as Elżbieta Habsburżanka Film Polski An Epitaph for...

been without a king (the Jagiellon Dynasty having died out with King Zygmunt II August), the Archbishop of Gniezno served as interrex, i.e., as interim head...

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...

Mikołaj Rej. It also features Jan Zamojski, Jan Tomasz Drohojowski, Zygmunt II August, Mikołaj Rej, Łukasz Górnicki and Erazm Czeczotka. Additionally, the...

prohibitions continued until 1543. Sigismund's son Sigismund II Augustus (Zygmunt II August), a monarch of a much more tolerant attitude, guaranteed the...

his brother. The next election took place in 1576. The death of King Zygmunt August (July 7, 1572), was not a surprise for the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth...

stock, one example being Knyszyna, the royal stud of Polish king Zygmunt II August, and another the Imperial Russian Stud of Peter the Great. European...

Radziwiłłówna, and Hetman Mikołaj Rudy Radziwiłł, mother in law of King Zygmunt II August Katarzyna Koła Sieniawska – married to Hetman Mikołaj Sieniawski,...

Orthodox faith Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, wife of August II the Strong, daughter of Christian Ernst, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth...

Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor Jagiellonian Sigismund II Augustus Zygmunt II August King (1520-08-01)1 August 1520 – 7 July 1572(1572-07-07) (aged 51) 1 April...

with overseeing the burial of the prior king of the Commonwealth Zygmunt II August. On 17 February Anjou made his formal entry into the city. Retz and...

of Halicz Kazimierz II Janisław I Władysław I the Elbow-high Władysław II Jagiełło Władysław III of Poland Vytenis Zygmunt II August Agnieszka Baranowska...

Stettin concludes the Northern Seven Years' War 1572 July 7 Death of Zygmunt II August 1573 January 28 Signing of the Warsaw Confederation May 11 Election...

Poland. Retrieved 9 January 2009. "Zygmunt II August coin". National Bank of Poland. Retrieved 9 January 2009. "John Paul II, the Pilgrim golden coin". National...

and its armed forces in mid-1943, from which the 1st Polish Army, under Zygmunt Berling, was formed on March 16, 1944. That army was fighting on the eastern...

reign of Władysław II Jagiełło extended Polish frontiers and is often considered the beginning of Poland's Golden Age. Zygmunt II August (1520–1572), was...

Ruthenian palatine in exchange for the loan of 2,300 zł. In 1520, king Zygmunt II August allowed a steward of Queen Jadwiga' court to purchase for 1200 zł...

been without a king (the Jagiellon Dynasty having died out with King Zygmunt II August), the Archbishop of Gniezno served as interrex — interim head of state...

confirmed all privileges for Wierzbica, and in the mid-16th century, King Zygmunt II August extended them to the village of Rzeczków, located in the suburbs of...

assistance to the king, and for his critique of the king himself (Zygmunt II August at that time was in a dispute with much of the nobility over his marriages)[1]...