Discover king, noble, collector of Dutch and Flemish painting Sigismund II Augustus (koning van Polen)

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: Sigismund Augustus
Sigismund II August I
Sigismund Augustus Jagello

Qualifications: king, noble, collector of Dutch and Flemish painting, collector of crafts, amateur painter
collected Flemish tapestries; laid a royal collection of paintings in Wilna; collected precious carved armor and weapons of gold and silver; had a jewelery collection that was known as more beautiful than the Pope's and also painted itself (Thijssen 1992, p.199)

Nationality/school: Polish

Born: Kraków 1520-08-01

Deceased: Knyszyn 1572-06-07

Family relationships this field records any family relationship to one or more other artist(s).: Son of Sigismund I and Bona Sforza; husband of 1. Elisabeth of Austria (1526-1545), 2. Barbara Radziwiłł, (1520-1551) and 3. Catharina of Austria (1533-1572), the sister of his first wife Elisabeth. No issue.

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Litouwen 1529
Grand Duke of Lithuania
Krakau 1530-02-20 - 1572
crowned king of Poland. The power over Poland and Lithuania, however, he received only after the death of his father in 1548

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Literature

Szablowski 1972 , p. 36-56, 63-71 (as: Sigismund-Augustus)
Lorentz 1956 , p. 7-8
Thijssen 1992 , p. 199

wikipedia (June 2013)

Project: Gerson Digital : Poland

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Sigismund II Augustus (koning van Polen)

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