{"slug": "sigismund-ii-augustus", "label": "Sigismund II Augustus", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigismund_II_Augustus", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q54058", "qid": "Q54058", "description": "King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania", "entries": 10, "years": 9, "span": [1538, 1573], "span_label": ["1538 CE", "1573 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 4}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 2}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "grand-duchy-of-lithuania", "label": "Grand Duchy of Lithuania", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "sigismund-i-the-old", "label": "Sigismund I the Old", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "krakow", "label": "Kraków", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "king-of-poland", "label": "King of Poland", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "grand-duke-of-lithuania", "label": "Grand Duke of Lithuania", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "polishlithuanian-commonwealth", "label": "Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "tsardom-of-russia", "label": "Tsardom of Russia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "riga", "label": "Riga", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "livonia", "label": "Livonia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "warsaw", "label": "Warsaw", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-poland", "label": "Kingdom of Poland", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "charles-v-holy-roman-emperor", "label": "Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"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": 1543, "year_label": "1543 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "May 5", "text": "May 5 – Elizabeth of Austria, daughter of Archduke Ferdinand I, marries Sigismund II Augustus, King of Poland. Her coronation as Queen consort of Poland takes place three days later at Kraków Cathedral as the Archbishop of Gniezno, Piotr Gamrat, places the crown of Hedwig of Kalisz upon her head.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369357899#April–June", "title": "1543", "revid": 1369357899, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"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"}}, {"year": 1548, "year_label": "1548 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "October 31", "text": "October 31 – At the first sejm of King Sigismund II Augustus of Poland, deputies demand that the king renounce his wife Barbara Radziwiłł.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366656469#October–December", "title": "1548", "revid": 1366656469, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1550, "year_label": "1550 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "December 7", "text": "December 7 – Lithuanian noble Barbara Radziwiłł, wife of Sigismund II Augustus, King of Poland and Duke of Lithuania since 1547, has an elaborate coronation in Kraków as Queen consort and Grand Duchess, five months before her death at the age of 30.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369571608#Births", "title": "1550", "revid": 1369571608, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1557, "year_label": "1557 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "January 13", "text": "January 13 – Sigismund II Augustus, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, issues an edict against Protestants, at the urging of the Archbishop Mikołaj Dzierzgowski, Primate of Poland.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365955110#January–March", "title": "1557", "revid": 1365955110, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1558, "year_label": "1558 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "October 17", "text": "October 17 – Postal history of Poland: King Sigismund II Augustus appoints an Italian merchant living in Kraków to organise a consolidated postal service in Poland, the origin of Poczta Polska.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368141988#October–December", "title": "1558", "revid": 1368141988, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1561, "year_label": "1561 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "November 28", "text": "November 28 – The Treaty of Vilnius is concluded during the Livonian War, between the Livonian Confederation and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. With the treaty, the non-Danish and non-Swedish part of Livonia, with the exception of the Free imperial city of Riga, subjects itself to Polish king and Grand Duke of Lithuania, Sigismund II Augustus with the Pacta subiectionis (Provisio ducalis). In turn, Sigismund grants protection from the Tsardom of Russia, and confirms the Livonian estates' traditional privileges, laid out in the Privilegium Sigismundi Augusti.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358043209#October–December", "title": "1561", "revid": 1358043209, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1566, "year_label": "1566 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "October 8", "text": "October 8 – Catherine of the Austrian Habsburgs, Queen of consort of Poland since 1553 as wife of Sigismund II Augustus, leaves Poland to return to Austria after the failure of her marriage. She never comes back to Poland, though she remains the official queen consort until her death in 1572.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365562466#October–December", "title": "1566", "revid": 1365562466, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1573, "year_label": "1573 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "April 5", "text": "April 5 – 1573 Polish–Lithuanian royal election: Polish and Lithuanian nobles gather at Warsaw to elect a successor to King Sigismund II Augustus, who had died the previous July 7. The vote comes down to four candidates, from France, the Holy Roman Empire, Sweden and Russia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366656331#April–June", "title": "1573", "revid": 1366656331, "section": "Events › April–June"}}]}