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Sigismund II Augustus

1520 - 1572

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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, 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. Sigismund was elder of two sons of Italian-born Bona Sforza and Sigismund the Old, and the only one to survive infancy. From the beginning he was groomed and extensively educated as a successor. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sigismund II Augustus is the 882nd most popular politician (down from 719th in 2019), the 37th most popular biography from Poland (down from 33rd in 2019) and the 6th most popular Polish Politician.

Sigismund II Augustus was the King of Poland and the Grand Duke of Lithuania. He was also the last Jagiellonian monarch. Sigismund was a member of the Order of the Golden Fleece.

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Among politicians, Sigismund II Augustus ranks 882 out of 19,576. Before him are Thutmose I, Catiline, Henry III of England, Hamid Karzai, Jeongjo of Joseon, and Maxentius. After him are John of Bohemia, Gojong of Korea, Maurice, Prince of Orange, Jadwiga of Poland, Ngo Dinh Diem, and Charles IV of Spain.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1520, Sigismund II Augustus ranks 3. Before him are Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, and Pope Sixtus V. After him are Madeleine of Valois, Barbara Radziwiłł, Alessandro Farnese, Vincenzo Galilei, Christophe Plantin, Koca Sinan Pasha, Matthias Flacius, William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, and Thoinot Arbeau. Among people deceased in 1572, Sigismund II Augustus ranks 3. Before him are Pope Pius V, and Bronzino. After him are Jeanne d'Albret, Túpac Amaru, Şah Sultan, Gaspard II de Coligny, Francis Borgia, 4th Duke of Gandía, John Knox, Longqing Emperor, François Clouet, and Catherine of Austria, Queen of Poland.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Sigismund II Augustus ranks 37 out of 1,694. Before him are Tadeusz Reichstein (1897), Manfred von Richthofen (1892), Gerhart Hauptmann (1862), Rudolf Clausius (1822), Zygmunt Bauman (1925), and Władysław IV Vasa (1595). After him are Günther von Kluge (1882), Walther Nernst (1864), Arthur Rubinstein (1887), Wojciech Jaruzelski (1923), Vladislaus II of Hungary (1456), and Rudolf Virchow (1821).

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Among POLITICIANS In Poland

Among politicians born in Poland, Sigismund II Augustus ranks 6. Before him are Lech Wałęsa (1943), Paul von Hindenburg (1847), David Ben-Gurion (1886), Lech Kaczyński (1949), and Władysław IV Vasa (1595). After him are Wojciech Jaruzelski (1923), Vladislaus II of Hungary (1456), Casimir III the Great (1310), Donald Tusk (1957), Sigismund I the Old (1467), and Władysław III of Poland (1424).

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