Ruler · 1520 – 1572

Sigismund II Augustus

Lived 1520 – 1572; statesperson. King of Poland of Crown of the Kingdom of Poland, 1530 – 1572; also in the line of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Kingdom of Poland (1385–1569) and Duchy of Livonia.

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Lived: 1520 – 1572; 52 years
In office: 42 years; one reign
Lines: 4; states
Left it: natural death; Kokkonen & Sundell

King of Poland

Crown of the Kingdom of Poland · the 9th of 23 dated reigns · 1370 – 1795

5 before

John I Albert1492 – 1501

Alexander Jagiellon1501 – 1506

Sigismund I the Old1507 – 1548

Sigismund II Augustus1530 – 1572

Henry III of France1573 – 1574

Anna Jagiellon1575 – 1596

Stephen Báthory1576 – 1586

11 after

deposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roada second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1530 – 1572 · 42 years · came to it aged 10

Came to it: the child of the ruler before, on record
Left it: natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell

Also in the line of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (1st of 15), Kingdom of Poland (1385–1569) (7th of 7, read from the line of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth) and Duchy of Livonia (1st of 5).

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