Sigismund II Augustus

(1520-1572)

First ruler of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (1569-72)

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Sigismund II Augustus (Polish: Zygmunt II August, Lithuanian: Žygimantas Augustas; 1 August 1520 – 7 July 1572) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, the son of Sigismund I the Old, whom Sigismund II succeeded in 1548. He was the first ruler of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and the last male monarch from the Jagiellonian dynasty.

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Born	1 August 1520 Kraków, Poland
Died	7 July 1572 (aged 51) Knyszyn, Poland
Zodiac	Leo
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