Sigismund I the Old

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 from 1506 until his death in 1548. Sigismund I was a member of the Jagiellonian dynasty, the son of Casimir IV and younger brother of Kings John I Albert and Alexander I Jagiellon. He was nicknamed "the Old" in later historiography to distinguish him from his son and successor, Sigismund II Augustus. Before ascending to the Polish and Lithuanian thrones, he was Duke of Głogów from 1499, Duke of Opava from 1501, and governor of Silesia from 1504 on behalf of his brother, King Vladislaus II of Bohemia and Hungary.

Sigismund I the Old
Portrait by Kulmbach, 1511-1518
King of Poland Grand Duke of Lithuania
Reign	8 December 1506 – 1 April 1548
Coronation	24 January 1507 in Wawel Cathedral, Kraków
Predecessor	Alexander I
Successor	Sigismund II Augustus
Born	1 January 1467 Kozienice, Poland
Died	1 April 1548(1548-04-01) (aged 81) Kraków, Poland
Burial	7 July 1548 Wawel Cathedral, Kraków
Spouse	Barbara Zápolya ​ ​ (m. 1512; died 1515)​ Bona Sforza ​ ​ (m. 1517)​
Issue more...	John of the Lithuanian Dukes, Bishop of Poznań Hedwig, Electress of Bradenburg Isabella, Queen of Hungary Sigismund II Augustus Sophia, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg Anna I of Poland Catherine, Queen of Sweden
Dynasty	Jagiellon
Father	Casimir IV of Poland
Mother	Elisabeth of Austria
Religion	Catholic Church
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