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Sigismund I the Old

1467 - 1548

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Sigismund I the Old (Polish: Zygmunt I Stary, Lithuanian: Žygimantas I 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sigismund I the Old has received more than 598,387 page views. His biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). Sigismund I the Old is the 943rd most popular politician (up from 1,060th in 2019), the 57th most popular biography from Poland (up from 66th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Polish Politician.

Sigismund I the Old was king of Poland and the last of the Jagiellons. He was king of Hungary and Bohemia from 1506 to 1548.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Sigismund I the Old ranks 943 out of 19,576Before him are James A. Garfield, Robert F. Kennedy, Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Reuven Rivlin, Gediminas, and John the Fearless. After him are Onan, Paul Barras, Ulrika Eleonora, Queen of Sweden, Alberto Fujimori, Petronius Maximus, and Jorge Rafael Videla.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1467, Sigismund I the Old ranks 2Before him is Pedro Álvares Cabral. After him are Francis Phoebus of Navarre, Ferdinand II of Naples, Hadım Suleiman Pasha, Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio, Giovanni il Popolano, Guillaume Budé, Şehzade Korkut, Andrea Sansovino, Charles II, Duke of Guelders, and Ramón de Cardona. Among people deceased in 1548, Sigismund I the Old ranks 2Before him is Catherine Parr. After him are Gonzalo Pizarro, Juan Diego, Juan de Zumárraga, Girolamo Savoldo, João de Castro, Philip, Duke of Palatinate-Neuburg, and Pascual de Andagoya.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Sigismund I the Old ranks 57 out of 1,694Before him are Gerhart Hauptmann (1862), Donald Tusk (1957), Emil von Behring (1854), Klaus Kinski (1926), Konstantin Rokossovsky (1896), and Wojciech Jaruzelski (1923). After him are Paul Ehrlich (1854), Billy Wilder (1906), Ferdinand Lassalle (1825), Bolesław I the Brave (967), Zbigniew Brzezinski (1928), and Hans-Ulrich Rudel (1916).

Among POLITICIANS In Poland

Among politicians born in Poland, Sigismund I the Old ranks 12Before him are Yitzhak Shamir (1915), Sigismund II Augustus (1520), Vladislaus II of Hungary (1456), Casimir III the Great (1310), Donald Tusk (1957), and Wojciech Jaruzelski (1923). After him are Bolesław I the Brave (967), Zbigniew Brzezinski (1928), John II Casimir Vasa (1609), Władysław III of Poland (1424), Marie Walewska (1786), and Anna Jagiellon (1523).