Sigismund II Augustus of Poland

English: Sigismund II Augustus (1 August 1520 – 7 July 1572) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1548 to 1572.

Portraits/Portrety

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  Portrait of Sigismund II Augustus by Lucas Cranach the Younger, 1553-1555
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  Portrait of Sigismund II Augustus by Peter Danckers de Rij, ca. 1643

Life/Życie

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  Death of Barbara Radziwiłł
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  Death of Sigismund II in Knyszyn

Patronage/Mecenat

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  Tapestry with Shield-Bearing Satyrs with the royal monogram S.A. (Sigismund Augustus), woven in Brussels in about 1555
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  Verdure tapestry from King Sigismund Augustus’s collection, made in Jan van Tieghem’s workshop in Brussels in about 1555
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  Golden eagle pendant on a chain, made in Spain in the mid-16th century, it belonged to the King
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  Parade armour of King Sigismund Augustus, made in Nuremberg by Kunz Lochner in the 1550s
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  Inner courtyard of the Niepołomice Castle was reconstructed in the early 1550s by Sigismund Augustus
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  Royal Palace in Vilnius was expanded and reconstructed in the Renaissance style for the King
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  Sigismundus Augustus Bridge in Warsaw was constructed between 1568-1573 on the King's order

Coats of arms/herby

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  Coat of Arms of Sigismund Augustus as King of Poland.