1467 - 1548 (81 years)
Has more than 100 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.
1456 - 1516 (60 years)
Birth |
1 Mar 1456 |
Died |
13 Mar 1516 |
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Father |
Kasimierz IV Jagiellonczyk Polski, b. 30 Nov 1427, Krakau, Polska |
Mother |
Elizabeth von Österreich, b. 1438 |
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Family |
Anna de Foix, b. Abt 1484 |
Children |
| 1. König Lajos II von Ungarn und Böhmen, b. 1506 |
+ | 2. Anna Jagiello von Ungarn und Böhmen, b. 23 Jul 1503, Praha, Böhmen |
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Abt 1484 - 1506 (22 years)
Birth |
Abt 1484 |
Died |
26 Jul 1506 |
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Father |
Comte Gaston II de Foix |
Mother |
Catherine de Navarra |
Married |
1469 |
|
Family |
König Wladislaw II von Ungarn und Böhmen, b. 1 Mar 1456 |
Children |
| 1. König Lajos II von Ungarn und Böhmen, b. 1506 |
+ | 2. Anna Jagiello von Ungarn und Böhmen, b. 23 Jul 1503, Praha, Böhmen |
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1457 - 1509 (51 years)
Birth |
21 Sep 1457 |
Died |
18 Feb 1509 |
Burghausen |
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Father |
Kasimierz IV Jagiellonczyk Polski, b. 30 Nov 1427, Krakau, Polska |
Mother |
Elizabeth von Österreich, b. 1438 |
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Family |
Herzog Georg von Bayern, "the Rich", b. 15 Aug 1455, Landshut |
Children |
| 1. Ludwig von Bayern, b. 1476 |
| 2. Ruprecht von Bayern, b. 1477 |
+ | 3. Elisabeth von Bayern, b. 1476-1478 |
| 4. Margarete von Bayern, b. 1480 |
| 5. Wolfgang von Bayern, b. 1482 |
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1455 - 1503 (48 years)
Birth |
15 Aug 1455 |
Landshut |
Died |
1 Dec 1503 |
Ingolstadt |
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Father |
Herzog Ludwig IX von Bayern, b. 23 Feb 1417, Burghausen |
Mother |
Amalia von Sachsen, b. 4 Apr 1435, Meissen |
|
Family |
Prinzessin Jadwiga Polski, b. 21 Sep 1457 |
Children |
| 1. Ludwig von Bayern, b. 1476 |
| 2. Ruprecht von Bayern, b. 1477 |
+ | 3. Elisabeth von Bayern, b. 1476-1478 |
| 4. Margarete von Bayern, b. 1480 |
| 5. Wolfgang von Bayern, b. 1482 |
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1459 - 1501 (41 years)
Birth |
27 Dec 1459 |
Died |
17 Jun 1501 |
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Father |
Kasimierz IV Jagiellonczyk Polski, b. 30 Nov 1427, Krakau, Polska |
Mother |
Elizabeth von Österreich, b. 1438 |
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1461 - 1506 (45 years)
Birth |
1461 |
Died |
19 Aug 1506 |
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Father |
Kasimierz IV Jagiellonczyk Polski, b. 30 Nov 1427, Krakau, Polska |
Mother |
Elizabeth von Österreich, b. 1438 |
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Family |
Helene Rurik, b. 19 May 1476 |
Married |
15 Feb 1494-1495 |
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1476 - 1513 (36 years)
Birth |
19 May 1476 |
Died |
24 Jan 1512-1513 |
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Father |
Czar Ivan Wasiljewitsch Rurik, III, ' the Great', b. 22 Jan 1439-1440 |
Mother |
Sophia Palaiologina, b. 1448-1451 |
Married |
12 Nov 1473 |
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Family |
König Alexander Polski, b. 1461 |
Married |
15 Feb 1494-1495 |
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1464 - 1512 (48 years)
Birth |
6 May 1464 |
Died |
5 Oct 1512 |
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Father |
Kasimierz IV Jagiellonczyk Polski, b. 30 Nov 1427, Krakau, Polska |
Mother |
Elizabeth von Österreich, b. 1438 |
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Family |
Friedrich I (V) von Brandenburg-Ansbach, b. 1460 |
Children |
+ | 1. Kasimir von Brandenburg-Ansbach, b. 27 Sep 1481, Ansbach |
+ | 2. Marquis Georg von Brandenburg-Ansbach, b. 4 Mar 1483-1484, Ansbach |
+ | 3. Sophie von Brandenburg-Ansbach, b. 10 Mar 1485 |
+ | 4. Markgräfin Anna von Brandenburg-Ansbach, b. 5 May 1487 |
+ | 5. Herzog Albrecht von Preußen, b. 17 May 1490 |
+ | 6. Elisabeth von Brandenburg-Ansbach, b. 25 Mar 1494 |
+ | 7. Markgräfin Barbara von Brandenburg-Ansbach, b. 24 Sep 1495 |
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1460 - 1536 (76 years)
Birth |
1460 |
Died |
4 Apr 1536 |
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Father |
Kurfürst Albrecht Achilles von Brandenburg, b. 24 Nov 1414, Tangermünde |
Mother |
Margarete von Baden, b. Abt 1431 |
Married |
1446 |
I. Pforzheim |
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Family |
Zofia Polski, b. 6 May 1464 |
Children |
+ | 1. Kasimir von Brandenburg-Ansbach, b. 27 Sep 1481, Ansbach |
+ | 2. Marquis Georg von Brandenburg-Ansbach, b. 4 Mar 1483-1484, Ansbach |
+ | 3. Sophie von Brandenburg-Ansbach, b. 10 Mar 1485 |
+ | 4. Markgräfin Anna von Brandenburg-Ansbach, b. 5 May 1487 |
+ | 5. Herzog Albrecht von Preußen, b. 17 May 1490 |
+ | 6. Elisabeth von Brandenburg-Ansbach, b. 25 Mar 1494 |
+ | 7. Markgräfin Barbara von Brandenburg-Ansbach, b. 24 Sep 1495 |
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1467 - 1548 (81 years)
Birth |
1 Jan 1467 |
Died |
1 Apr 1548 |
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Father |
Kasimierz IV Jagiellonczyk Polski, b. 30 Nov 1427, Krakau, Polska |
Mother |
Elizabeth von Österreich, b. 1438 |
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Family 1 |
Borbala Szapolyay, b. 1495, Szepesvar, Szepes Megye, Magyarország |
Married |
1512 |
Children |
+ | 1. Jadwiga Krol Polski, b. 25 Mar 1513, Posen |
| 2. Anna Krol Polski |
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Family 2 |
Katarzyna Telniczanka, b. 1481 |
Children |
+ | 1. Katarzyna Polski, b. Abt 1503 |
+ | 2. Beata Koscielecka |
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Family 3 |
Bona Sforza, b. 2 Feb 1494 |
Married |
1517 |
Children |
+ | 1. Isabella Jagiellon Krol Polski, b. 18 Jan 1519 |
| 2. Sigismund II Augustus Krol Polski, b. 1 Aug 1520, Kraków, Sieradz, Polska |
| 3. Zofia Krol Polski, b. 13 Jul 1522, Kraków, Sieradz, Polska |
+ | 4. Katarzyna Jagellonica Polski, b. 1 Nov 1526 |
| 5. Anna Jagiellonka Krol Polski, b. 18 Oct 1523, Kraków, Sieradz, Polska |
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1495 - 1515 (20 years)
Birth |
1495 |
Szepesvar, Szepes Megye, Magyarország |
Died |
2 Oct 1515 |
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Father |
Istvan Szapolyay, b. Abt 1445, Szepesvar, Szepes Megye, Magyarország |
Mother |
Prinzessin Jadwiga von Teschen, b. Abt 1473, Cieszyn, Cieszyn, Polska |
Married |
11 Aug 1483 |
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Family |
König Zygmunt I Stary Krol Polski, b. 1 Jan 1467 |
Married |
1512 |
Children |
+ | 1. Jadwiga Krol Polski, b. 25 Mar 1513, Posen |
| 2. Anna Krol Polski |
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1481 - 1526 (45 years)
Birth |
1481 |
Died |
10 Sep 1526 |
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Family |
König Zygmunt I Stary Krol Polski, b. 1 Jan 1467 |
Children |
+ | 1. Katarzyna Polski, b. Abt 1503 |
+ | 2. Beata Koscielecka |
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1494 - 1557 (63 years)
Birth |
2 Feb 1494 |
Died |
19 Nov 1557 |
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Father |
Ducca Gian Galeazzo Maria Sforza, b. 1469 |
Mother |
Isabella di Napoli |
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Family |
König Zygmunt I Stary Krol Polski, b. 1 Jan 1467 |
Married |
1517 |
Children |
+ | 1. Isabella Jagiellon Krol Polski, b. 18 Jan 1519 |
| 2. Sigismund II Augustus Krol Polski, b. 1 Aug 1520, Kraków, Sieradz, Polska |
| 3. Zofia Krol Polski, b. 13 Jul 1522, Kraków, Sieradz, Polska |
+ | 4. Katarzyna Jagellonica Polski, b. 1 Nov 1526 |
| 5. Anna Jagiellonka Krol Polski, b. 18 Oct 1523, Kraków, Sieradz, Polska |
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1476 - 1503 (27 years)
Birth |
12 Mar 1476 |
Died |
12 Aug 1503 |
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Father |
Kasimierz IV Jagiellonczyk Polski, b. 30 Nov 1427, Krakau, Polska |
Mother |
Elizabeth von Österreich, b. 1438 |
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Family |
Bogislaw X von Pommern, b. 3 Jun 1454 |
Married |
2 Feb 1491 |
Stettin, Polska |
Children |
+ | 1. Herzog Georg I von Pommern-Wolgast, b. 11 Apr 1493, Darlowo (Rügenwalde) |
+ | 2. Sophia von Pommern, b. 1498 |
+ | 3. Herzog Barnim X (XI) von Pommern-Stettin, b. 2 Dec 1501 |
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1454 - 1523 (69 years)
Birth |
3 Jun 1454 |
Died |
5 Oct 1523 |
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Father |
Graf Erich II von Pommern-Wolgast, b. Abt 1425 |
Mother |
Sophia von Pommern-Stargard, b. Abt 1435 |
Married |
Abt 11 Nov 1451 |
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Family 1 |
Margareta von Brandenburg |
Married |
21 Sep 1477 |
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Family 2 |
Anna Polski, b. 12 Mar 1476 |
Married |
2 Feb 1491 |
Stettin, Polska |
Children |
+ | 1. Herzog Georg I von Pommern-Wolgast, b. 11 Apr 1493, Darlowo (Rügenwalde) |
+ | 2. Sophia von Pommern, b. 1498 |
+ | 3. Herzog Barnim X (XI) von Pommern-Stettin, b. 2 Dec 1501 |
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1478 - 1534 (55 years)
Birth |
15 Jul 1478 |
Sandomir |
Died |
15 Feb 1534 |
Leipzig, Sachsen, Deutschland |
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Father |
Kasimierz IV Jagiellonczyk Polski, b. 30 Nov 1427, Krakau, Polska |
Mother |
Elizabeth von Österreich, b. 1438 |
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Family |
Georg von Sachsen, "der Bärtige", b. 27 Aug 1471, Meissen |
Married |
21 Sep 1496 |
Leipzig, Sachsen, Deutschland |
Children |
| 1. Christoph I von Sachsen, b. 8 Sep 1497 |
+ | 2. Christina von Sachsen, b. 25 Dec 1505 |
+ | 3. Herzogin Magdalena zu Sachsen, b. 7 Mar 1507, Dresden, Sachsen, Deutschland |
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1471 - 1539 (67 years)
Birth |
27 Aug 1471 |
Meissen |
Died |
15 Feb 1539 |
Dresden, Sachsen, Deutschland |
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Father |
Graf Albrecht III von Sachsen, "der Beherzte", b. 31 Jul 1443, Grimma |
Mother |
Sidonie von Kunstadt-Podiebrad, b. 11 Nov 1449 |
Married |
11 Nov 1459 |
Eger |
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Family |
Barbara Polski, b. 15 Jul 1478, Sandomir |
Married |
21 Sep 1496 |
Leipzig, Sachsen, Deutschland |
Children |
| 1. Christoph I von Sachsen, b. 8 Sep 1497 |
+ | 2. Christina von Sachsen, b. 25 Dec 1505 |
+ | 3. Herzogin Magdalena zu Sachsen, b. 7 Mar 1507, Dresden, Sachsen, Deutschland |
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1427 - 1492 (64 years)
Birth |
30 Nov 1427 |
Krakau, Polska |
Died |
7 Jun 1492 |
Grodno |
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Father |
Fürst Wladislaw II Jagiello, b. Abt 1351, Vilnius, Lietuva |
Mother |
Prinzessin Zofia Holczanska, b. Abt 1405, Ol'sanica, Kiev, Ukraïna |
Married |
7 Feb 1421-1422 |
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Family 1 |
Elizabeth von Österreich, b. 1438 |
Children |
+ | 1. König Wladislaw II von Ungarn und Böhmen, b. 1 Mar 1456 |
+ | 2. Prinzessin Jadwiga Polski, b. 21 Sep 1457 |
| 3. König Jan I Olbracht Polski, b. 27 Dec 1459 |
| 4. König Alexander Polski, b. 1461 |
+ | 5. Zofia Polski, b. 6 May 1464 |
+ | 6. König Zygmunt I Stary Krol Polski, b. 1 Jan 1467 |
+ | 7. Anna Polski, b. 12 Mar 1476 |
+ | 8. Barbara Polski, b. 15 Jul 1478, Sandomir |
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Family 2 |
Elizabeth von Hapsburg, Princess of Austria, b. 1437, Praha, Böhmen |
Married |
10 Feb 1453-1454 |
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1438 - 1505 (67 years)
Birth |
1438 |
Died |
1505 |
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Father |
König Albrecht II von Österreich, b. 16 Aug 1397 |
Mother |
Elisabeth von Luxemburg, b. 1409 |
Married |
1422 |
|
Family |
Kasimierz IV Jagiellonczyk Polski, b. 30 Nov 1427, Krakau, Polska |
Children |
+ | 1. König Wladislaw II von Ungarn und Böhmen, b. 1 Mar 1456 |
+ | 2. Prinzessin Jadwiga Polski, b. 21 Sep 1457 |
| 3. König Jan I Olbracht Polski, b. 27 Dec 1459 |
| 4. König Alexander Polski, b. 1461 |
+ | 5. Zofia Polski, b. 6 May 1464 |
+ | 6. König Zygmunt I Stary Krol Polski, b. 1 Jan 1467 |
+ | 7. Anna Polski, b. 12 Mar 1476 |
+ | 8. Barbara Polski, b. 15 Jul 1478, Sandomir |
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1495 - 1515 (20 years)
Birth |
1495 |
Szepesvar, Szepes Megye, Magyarország |
Died |
2 Oct 1515 |
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Father |
Istvan Szapolyay, b. Abt 1445, Szepesvar, Szepes Megye, Magyarország |
Mother |
Prinzessin Jadwiga von Teschen, b. Abt 1473, Cieszyn, Cieszyn, Polska |
Married |
11 Aug 1483 |
|
Family |
König Zygmunt I Stary Krol Polski, b. 1 Jan 1467 |
Married |
1512 |
Children |
+ | 1. Jadwiga Krol Polski, b. 25 Mar 1513, Posen |
| 2. Anna Krol Polski |
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1513 - 1573 (59 years)
Birth |
25 Mar 1513 |
Posen |
Died |
7 Feb 1573 |
Alt-Ruppin |
|
Father |
König Zygmunt I Stary Krol Polski, b. 1 Jan 1467 |
Mother |
Borbala Szapolyay, b. 1495, Szepesvar, Szepes Megye, Magyarország |
Married |
1512 |
|
Family |
Joachim II Hector von Brandenburg, b. 9 Jan 1505 |
Married |
1 Sep 1535 |
Krakau, Polska |
Children |
+ | 1. Hedwig von Brandenburg, b. 2 Mar 1540 |
| 2. Elisabeth von Brandenburg, b. 6 Sep 1537 |
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- Yes, date unknown
Died |
Yes, date unknown |
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Father |
König Zygmunt I Stary Krol Polski, b. 1 Jan 1467 |
Mother |
Borbala Szapolyay, b. 1495, Szepesvar, Szepes Megye, Magyarország |
Married |
1512 |
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1481 - 1526 (45 years)
Birth |
1481 |
Died |
10 Sep 1526 |
|
Family |
König Zygmunt I Stary Krol Polski, b. 1 Jan 1467 |
Children |
+ | 1. Katarzyna Polski, b. Abt 1503 |
+ | 2. Beata Koscielecka |
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Abt 1503 - 1548 (45 years)
Birth |
Abt 1503 |
Died |
9 Sep 1548 |
|
Father |
König Zygmunt I Stary Krol Polski, b. 1 Jan 1467 |
Mother |
Katarzyna Telniczanka, b. 1481 |
|
Family |
Graf Georg von Montfort in Pfannberg, II, b. 1472 |
Children |
+ | 1. Gräfin Franziska de Montfort, b. 1514-1515 |
+ | 2. Graf Jacob I von Montfort in Pfannberg, b. 1524 |
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|
- Yes, date unknown
Died |
Yes, date unknown |
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Father |
König Zygmunt I Stary Krol Polski, b. 1 Jan 1467 |
Mother |
Katarzyna Telniczanka, b. 1481 |
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Family |
Ilia Ostrogski, b. 1510 |
Married |
3 Feb 1539 |
Children |
| 1. Elizaveta Halszka, b. 1539 |
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1494 - 1557 (63 years)
Birth |
2 Feb 1494 |
Died |
19 Nov 1557 |
|
Father |
Ducca Gian Galeazzo Maria Sforza, b. 1469 |
Mother |
Isabella di Napoli |
|
Family |
König Zygmunt I Stary Krol Polski, b. 1 Jan 1467 |
Married |
1517 |
Children |
+ | 1. Isabella Jagiellon Krol Polski, b. 18 Jan 1519 |
| 2. Sigismund II Augustus Krol Polski, b. 1 Aug 1520, Kraków, Sieradz, Polska |
| 3. Zofia Krol Polski, b. 13 Jul 1522, Kraków, Sieradz, Polska |
+ | 4. Katarzyna Jagellonica Polski, b. 1 Nov 1526 |
| 5. Anna Jagiellonka Krol Polski, b. 18 Oct 1523, Kraków, Sieradz, Polska |
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1519 - 1559 (40 years)
Birth |
18 Jan 1519 |
Died |
15 Sep 1559 |
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Father |
König Zygmunt I Stary Krol Polski, b. 1 Jan 1467 |
Mother |
Bona Sforza, b. 2 Feb 1494 |
Married |
1517 |
|
Family |
Janos Zápolya, b. 2 Feb 1487, Szepesváralja |
Married |
1539 |
Children |
| 1. János Zsigmond Zápolya, II, b. 8 Jul 1540 |
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1520 - 1572 (51 years)
Birth |
1 Aug 1520 |
Kraków, Sieradz, Polska |
Died |
7 Jul 1572 |
Knyszyn |
Buried |
10 Feb 1574 |
Kraków, Sieradz, Polska |
|
Father |
König Zygmunt I Stary Krol Polski, b. 1 Jan 1467 |
Mother |
Bona Sforza, b. 2 Feb 1494 |
Married |
1517 |
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Family 1 |
Elisabeth von Österreich, b. 9 Jul 1526 |
Married |
5 May 1543 |
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Family 2 |
Barbara Radziwill, b. 1520 |
Married |
1547 |
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Family 3 |
Katharina von Österreich, b. 15 Sep 1533, Innsbruck |
Married |
1553 |
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1522 - 1575 (52 years)
Birth |
13 Jul 1522 |
Kraków, Sieradz, Polska |
Died |
28 May 1575 |
Schöningen |
|
Father |
König Zygmunt I Stary Krol Polski, b. 1 Jan 1467 |
Mother |
Bona Sforza, b. 2 Feb 1494 |
Married |
1517 |
|
Family |
Herzog Heinrich II (IX) von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel, "der Wilde, der Jüngere", b. 10 Nov 1489 |
Married |
1556 |
Wolfenbüttel, Niedersachsen, Deutschland |
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1526 - 1583 (57 years)
Birth |
1 Nov 1526 |
Died |
16 Nov 1583 |
|
Father |
König Zygmunt I Stary Krol Polski, b. 1 Jan 1467 |
Mother |
Bona Sforza, b. 2 Feb 1494 |
Married |
1517 |
|
Family |
Kung Johann III av Sverige, b. 21 Dec 1537, Schloss, Stegeborg |
Married |
4 Oct 1562 |
Vilna |
Children |
| 1. Isabella av Sverige, b. 1564 |
+ | 2. Kung Sigismund av Sverige, b. 20 Jun 1566, Gripsholm |
| 3. Anna av Sverige, b. 1568 |
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1523 - 1596 (72 years)
Birth |
18 Oct 1523 |
Kraków, Sieradz, Polska |
Died |
9 Sep 1596 |
Warsaw |
|
Father |
König Zygmunt I Stary Krol Polski, b. 1 Jan 1467 |
Mother |
Bona Sforza, b. 2 Feb 1494 |
Married |
1517 |
|
Family |
Stefan Báthory, b. 27 Sep 1533 |
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Name |
Zygmunt I Stary Krol Polski |
Prefix |
König |
Birth |
1 Jan 1467 |
Gender |
Male |
Death |
1 Apr 1548 |
Siblings |
7 Siblings |
+ | 1. König Wladislaw II von Ungarn und Böhmen, b. 1 Mar 1456 d. 13 Mar 1516 (Age 60 years) ▻ Anna de Foix | + | 2. Prinzessin Jadwiga Polski, b. 21 Sep 1457 d. 18 Feb 1509, Burghausen (Age 51 years) ▻ Herzog Georg von Bayern, "the Rich" | | 3. König Jan I Olbracht Polski, b. 27 Dec 1459 d. 17 Jun 1501 (Age 41 years) | | 4. König Alexander Polski, b. 1461 d. 19 Aug 1506 (Age 45 years) ▻ Helene Rurik, m. 15 Feb 1494-1495 | + | 5. Zofia Polski, b. 6 May 1464 d. 5 Oct 1512 (Age 48 years) ▻ Friedrich I (V) von Brandenburg-Ansbach | + | 6. König Zygmunt I Stary Krol Polski, b. 1 Jan 1467 d. 1 Apr 1548 (Age 81 years) ▻ Borbala Szapolyay, m. 1512 ; Katarzyna Telniczanka; Bona Sforza, m. 1517 | + | 7. Anna Polski, b. 12 Mar 1476 d. 12 Aug 1503 (Age 27 years) ▻ Bogislaw X von Pommern, m. 2 Feb 1491 | + | 8. Barbara Polski, b. 15 Jul 1478, Sandomir d. 15 Feb 1534, Leipzig, Sachsen, Deutschland (Age 55 years) ▻ Georg von Sachsen, "der Bärtige", m. 21 Sep 1496 | |
Person ID |
I53223 |
Geneagraphie |
Last Modified |
15 Sep 2009 |
Family 3 |
Bona Sforza, b. 2 Feb 1494 d. 19 Nov 1557 (Age 63 years) |
Marriage |
1517 |
Children |
+ | 1. Isabella Jagiellon Krol Polski, b. 18 Jan 1519 d. 15 Sep 1559 (Age 40 years) |
| 2. Sigismund II Augustus Krol Polski, b. 1 Aug 1520, Kraków, Sieradz, Polska d. 7 Jul 1572, Knyszyn (Age 51 years) |
| 3. Zofia Krol Polski, b. 13 Jul 1522, Kraków, Sieradz, Polska d. 28 May 1575, Schöningen (Age 52 years) |
+ | 4. Katarzyna Jagellonica Polski, b. 1 Nov 1526 d. 16 Nov 1583 (Age 57 years) |
| 5. Anna Jagiellonka Krol Polski, b. 18 Oct 1523, Kraków, Sieradz, Polska d. 9 Sep 1596, Warsaw (Age 72 years) |
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Family ID |
F21736 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
15 Sep 2009 |
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Notes |
- Sigismund followed his brothers John I of Poland and Alexander I of Poland to the Polish throne. Their elder brother Ladislaus II of Hungary and Bohemia became king of Hungary and Bohemia . Sigismund was christened as the namesake of his mother's maternal grandfather, Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund , who had died in 1437.
Sigismund faced the challenge of consolidating internal power in order to face external threats to the country. During Alexander's reign, the law Nihil novi had been instituted, which forbade Kings of Poland from enacting laws without the consent of the Sejm . This proved crippling to Sigismund's dealings with the szlachta and magnates .
Despite this Achilles heel , he established (1527) a conscription army and the bureaucracy needed to finance it.
After the death of Janusz III of Masovia in 1526, he succeeded in annexing the Duchy of Masovia .
Intermittently at war with Vasily III of Muscovy , starting in 1507 (before his army was fully under his command), 1514 marked the fall of Smolensk (under Polish domination) to the Muscovite forces (which lent force to his arguments for the necessity of a standing army). Those conflicts formed part of the Muscovite wars . 1515 he entered an alliance with the Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I .
In return for Maximilian lending weight to the provisions of the Second Peace of Thorn (1466) , Sigismund consented to the marriage of the children of Vladislaus II of Bohemia and Hungary , his brother, to the grandchildren of Maximilian. Through this double marriage contract, Bohemia and Hungary passed to the House of Habsburg in 1526, on the death of Sigismund's nephew, Louis II .
The Polish wars against the Teutonic Knights ended in 1525, when Albert, Duke of Prussia , their marshal (and Sigismund's nephew), converted to Lutheranism , secularized the order, and paid homage to Sigismund. In return, he was given the domains of the Order, as the First Duke of Prussia . This was called the Prussian Homage
Sigismund's eldest daughter Jadwiga (Hedwig) (1513-1573) married Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg .
In other matters of policy, Sigismund sought peaceful coexistence with the Khanate of Crimea , but was unable to completely end border skirmishes. Sigismund was interested in Renaissance humanism and the revival of classical antiquity. He and his third consort, Bona Sforza , daughter of Gian Galeazzo Sforza of Milan , were both patrons of Renaissance culture, which under them began to flourish in Poland and in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
On Sigismund's death, his son Sigismund II August became the last Jagiellon king of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania.
Sigismund I was a member of the Order of the Golden Fleece
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