Search results
3 days ago · Sigismund III Vasa [a] (20 June 1566 – 30 April 1632 N.S.) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1587 to 1632 and, as Sigismund, King of Sweden and Grand Duke of Finland from 1592 to 1599. He was the first Polish sovereign from the House of Vasa.
1 day ago · Sigismund, also spelled Siegmund or Sigmund, 1439–1446 under the tutelage of the Frederick V above, then duke of Tyrol, and after the death of Albrecht VI in 1463 also duke of Further Austria. Reunited Habsburgs until extinction of agnatic lines
2 days ago · Potsdam instead of Versailles: A palace fit for a king. Ironically, the Potsdam palace's name, Sanssouci, is French, not German, and means "without worry." Built in the ornate Rococo style that ...
4 days ago · Germany - Habsburgs, Imperial Office, Unification: In the absence of a male heir, Sigismund had named his son-in-law Albert of Habsburg, duke of Austria, as his successor. Albert was able and vigorous, and the union of the territories of the two dynasties enabled him to exert considerable leverage in German politics.
4 days ago · English translation: Sigismund III, by the grace of God, king of Poland, grand duke of Lithuania, Ruthenia, Prussia, Masovia, Samogitia, Livonia, and also hereditary king of the Swedes, Goths and Vandals. Sigismund was elected King of Poland and reigned 1587–1632.
4 days ago · The emergence of the Hohenzollerns of Prussia as rivals of the Habsburgs and the beginning of the Austro-Prussian dualism created the possibility of reversing the process of civic decentralization that had prevailed in Germany since the late Middle Ages. The interests of the territorial princes of the Holy Roman Empire inclined them toward a ...
People also ask
Who was Sigismund III?
Why did Sigismund appoint Albert a successor?
Where was Sigismund I painted?
Did Sigismund have children?
Why did Sigismund I win a dynasty?
What happened to Sigismund III after he died?
6 days ago · His act of homage in 1525 seemed a realistic arrangement that left the way open for the eventual absorption of Ducal Prussia (as East Prussia was thereafter called) into Poland.
