{"slug": "sigismund-i-the-old", "label": "Sigismund I the Old", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigismund_I_the_Old", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q54056", "qid": "Q54056", "description": "King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania", "entries": 9, "years": 8, "span": [1494, 1548], "span_label": ["1494 CE", "1548 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 4}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 2}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "king-of-poland", "label": "King of Poland", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "grand-duke-of-lithuania", "label": "Grand Duke of Lithuania", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "krakow", "label": "Kraków", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "sigismund-ii-augustus", "label": "Sigismund II Augustus", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "poland", "label": "Poland", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "duchy-of-milan", "label": "Duchy of Milan", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "queen-consort", "label": "Queen consort", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "charles-v-holy-roman-emperor", "label": "Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "innsbruck", "label": "Innsbruck", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1494, "year_label": "1494 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "February 2", "text": "February 2 – Bona Sforza, queen of Sigismund I of Poland (d. 1557)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353371082#Births", "title": "1494", "revid": 1353371082, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1506, "year_label": "1506 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "August 19", "text": "August 19 – Sigismund I the Old succeeds his brother as king of Poland.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368141766#July–September", "title": "1506", "revid": 1368141766, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1506, "year_label": "1506 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "December 8", "text": "December 8 – Sigismund I the Old (Zygmunt Jagiellon), younger brother of the late Alexander Jagiellon, becomes the King of Poland and (as Zygimantas II) the Grand Duke of Lithuania. He will reign for more than 40 years, dying in 1548 at the age of 81.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368141766#October–December", "title": "1506", "revid": 1368141766, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1507, "year_label": "1507 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "January 24", "text": "January 24 – Sigismund I the Old is formally crowned King of Poland, at a ceremony in Kraków.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367240730#January–March", "title": "1507", "revid": 1367240730, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1517, "year_label": "1517 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "December 6", "text": "December 6 – Bona Sforza of Italy, daughter of the late Duke of Milan, Gian Galeazzo Sforza, marries King Sigismund of Poland by proxy at Naples, then begins a three month journey to Kraków to assume the throne.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366649067#October–December", "title": "1517", "revid": 1366649067, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1518, "year_label": "1518 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "April 18", "text": "April 18 – The widowed Sigismund I the Old, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, marries Milanese noblewoman Bona Sforza in Wawel Cathedral and she is crowned as Queen consort of Poland.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362000593#April–June", "title": "1518", "revid": 1362000593, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1523, "year_label": "1523 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 5", "text": "May 5 – An assassination attempt is made against King Sigismund of Poland, who is shot at while walking outside his residence at Wawel Castle overlooking Kraków.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369561167#April–June", "title": "1523", "revid": 1369561167, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1538, "year_label": "1538 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "July 17", "text": "July 17 – The betrothal ceremony of 12-year-old Princess Elisabeth, niece of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor to the 17-year-old Prince Sigismund II Augustus, son of King Sigismund of Poland (who is also the Grand Duke of Lithuania) and heir to the throne, takes place in Innsbruck. The two are married five years later on May 5, 1543.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369561127#July–September", "title": "1538", "revid": 1369561127, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1548, "year_label": "1548 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "April 1", "text": "April 1 – Sigismund II Augustus succeeds his father, Sigismund I the Old, as King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366656469#April–June", "title": "1548", "revid": 1366656469, "section": "Events › April–June"}}]}